Sjefke Janssen
 Sjefke Janssen (left) together with Jan Nolten (right) | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sjefke Janssen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1919 Elsloo, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 December 2014 (aged 95) Elsloo, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Sjefke Janssen (October 28, 1919 – December 3, 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He was known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1947 UCI Road World Championships.
Janssen was a professional cyclist from 1946 through 1954.[1] After retiring, he became a cycling team-manager and owned a bicycle shop in Elsloo.[2]
He was born and died in Elsloo.[3] At the time of his death, Janssen was the oldest living Dutch Tour de France racer.[2]
He was the father of Dutch Olympic team dressage coach Sjef Janssen.
Palmarès[change | change source]
- 1944
Netherlands Independent Road Race Champion- 1946 - Bloc Centauro
- 1947 - Magneet
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
World Road Race Championship- 32nd, Tour de France
- 1948 - Magneet, Garin-Wolber
- 36th, Tour de France
- 1949 - Magneet
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 5th, Tour de Luxembourg
- 1950 - RIH, Terrot, Magneet
- 1st, Stage 2, Saarland Rundfahrt
- 3rd, National Road Race Championship
- 1951 - Ceylon, Prisma
- 1952 - Express, Venz
- 1953 - Locomotief
- 8th, Züri-Metzgete
- 1954 - Locomotief
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Oud-wielrenner Sjef Janssen overleden - AD (in Dutch)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oud-renner Sjef Janssen (95) overleden Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine - KNWU (Dutch cycling association) (in Dutch)
- ↑ "Oud-wielrenner 'Sjefke' Janssen (95) overleden" (in Dutch). NOS. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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