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Leijn Loevesijn (born 2 January 1949) is a former Dutch cyclist.
At the
Loeveseijn and Jansen about the Mexico Olympic Games
interview in Met het Oog op Morgen, 6 augustus 2012
Leijn Loevesijn (born 2 January 1949) is a former Dutch cyclist.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos OlÃmpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
Loevesijn, together with Jan Jansen won a silver medal in the 2000 metres tandem race, and finished fifth at the sprint race and sixth in the time trial. At the Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
he won a bronze medal in the sprint in 1970 and a gold medal in the sprint in 1971. Between 1968 and 1976 he won 11 national titles in sprint disciplines.
After that he became a professional. In 1971 he was World Champion Sprint
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. He was the first Dutch World Champion since Jan Derksen
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in 1957, and it would take until 2004 before Theo Bos would succeed him. Loevesijn was eight times in row Dutch Champion sprint en won the "Grote Prijs van Amsterdam" three times.
He ended his career as a professional cyclist in 1976. Afterwards, he tried to combine his cycling activities with his work but in vain.
Until his retirement in 2014 Leijn Loevesijn performed as a planning engineer with the water management and sewage services of the city of Amsterdam. Currently he is indirectly involved in cycling.
Teams
*1969: Batavus - Continental - Alcina *1970: Flandria - Mars *1971: TI - Carlton *1972: Raleigh *1973: Raleigh *1974: TI - Raleigh *1975: G.G.M.C. - Eskagé *1976: G.G.M.C. - Eskagé *1979: individualVictories
1968 * NK 1 km timetrial, amateurs * NK Tandem, amateurs; with Jan Jansen * 2e in Olympic Games, Tandem; with Jan Jansen 1969 * NK Baan, Sprint, Profs * NK track race (50 km) 1970 * NK Baan, Sprint, Profs 1971 * NK Baan, Sprint, Profs * World Champion track, Sprint, Elite 1972 * NK Baan, Sprint, Profs 1973' * NK Baan, Sprint, Profs 1974 * NK Baan, Sprint, Profs 1975 * NK Baan, Sprint, Profs 1976 * NK Baan, Sprint, ProfsSee also
* List of Dutch Olympic cyclistsExternal links
Loeveseijn and Jansen about the Mexico Olympic Games
interview in Met het Oog op Morgen, 6 augustus 2012
References
1949 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Amsterdam Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Dutch track cyclists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people