Laurens "Lau" Veldt (born 18 June 1953, in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

) is a

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 ...

from the

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. He won the bronze medal at the

1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Munich, West Germany in 1978. Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women. Medal ...

in the men's tandam together with Sjaak Pieters. He competed in the men's sprint at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Lau is the father of cyclist

Tim Veldt Tim Veldt (born 14 February 1984) is a Dutch former track cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for both the road and track teams of . During his career Veldt won two world cup classics in the team sprint, two European titles (under ...

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1953 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub

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