Leon De Lathouwer (19 September 1929 – 7 August 2008) was a Belgian road
cyclist
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...
. He won a gold medal in the
team road race at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...
in London, together with
Lode Wouters
Lode Alphonse Wouters (27 May 1929 – 25 March 2014) was a Belgian cyclist. He was born in Kwaadmechelen, Belgium. He competed for Belgium in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the individual road race event where he fin ...
and
Eugène Van Roosbroeck
Eugène Van Roosbroeck (13 May 1928 – 28 March 2018) was a Belgian racing cyclist from Noorderwijk (Antwerp (province), Antwerp province). He won a gold medal in Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race, team road race at t ...
, and placed fourth in individual road race.
The same year he won the
Tour of Belgium
The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries.
It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...
as amateur. In the early 1950s, he turned professional and won several local races before retiring in 1959. He was the Flemish champion in 1948, 1949, 1953 and 1955.
Leon De Lathouwer
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1929 births
2008 deaths
Sportspeople from Wetteren
Belgian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
Olympic gold medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from East Flanders
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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