Jan van Eijden (born 10 August 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler,

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

) is a German

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double

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in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles. He retired from active racing in 2006 and worked as a sprint coach for the

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until November 2021.

Major results

*1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors) *1995: 1st in

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- team sprint *1996: 3rd in

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- 1 km time trial *1997: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint *1997: 2nd in

- team sprint *1999: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint *1999: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint *2000: 1st in

- sprint *2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint *2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint *2000: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin *2002: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - keirin *2003: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin *2003: 3rd in World cup classic Cape Town - sprint *2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint *2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - sprint *2004: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin *2004: 3rd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - team sprint *2004: 3rd in World cup classic Manchester - sprint *2004: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin *2004: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint *2005: 1st in World cup classic Moscow - team sprint *2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin *2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint *2006: 3rd in World cup classic Sydney - keirin

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eijden, Jan van 1976 births Living people People from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler German male cyclists Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Germany German cycling coaches Cyclists from Rhineland-Palatinate UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) German track cyclists