Adrianus ("Adri" or "Adrie") Voorting (15 February 1931 – 1 August 1961) was a
road bicycle and
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 ...
from the
Netherlands
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, who represented his native country at the
1952 Summer Olympics in
Helsinki, Finland.
There he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's 4,000 m team pursuit, alongside
Jan Plantaz
Johannes "Jan" Marinus Plantaz (3 December 1930 – 10 February 1974) was a road and track cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska somma ...
,
Daan de Groot and
Jules Maenen. In the individual road race Voorting ended up in 49th place.
He died a few days after a traffic accident, aged 30. His elder brother
Gerrit was also an Olympic cyclist.
See also
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List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
References
External links
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1931 births
1961 deaths
Dutch track cyclists
Dutch male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Haarlem
Cyclists from North Holland
20th-century Dutch people
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