63 World and Olympic champions
Striving for the ultimate performance is at the core of everything we do at RIH Sport. Therefore we are extremely proud to be part of 63 World and Olympic championships. From our very first champion Arie van Vliet in 1936 to our latest Ingrid Haringa in 1994. In these following pages we’d like to honor our champions. Even today they inspire us to strive for perfection. Our ultimate goal: number 64.
NO1: ARIE VAN VLIET – 1936 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT AMATEURS
Arie van Vliet (18 March 1916 – 9 July 2001) was a Dutch sprint cyclist. Between 1934 and 1957, he won 13 medals at world championships, including four gold medals, and set several world records in sprint events, despite the interruption by World War II.[1]He also won a gold medal in 1000 m time trial […]
NO2: ARIE VAN VLIET – 1938 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT PROFESSIONALS
Arie van Vliet had one of the longest careers of any track sprinter. Between 1934 and 1957, he won a total of 13 World Championship medals in the event, and it would certainly have been more, had his career not been interrupted by World War II. After two silvers, he won his first amateur world […]
NO3: JAN DERKSEN – 1939 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT AMATEURS
Jan Derksen (23 January 1919 – 22 May 2011) was a Dutch professional cyclist. He was world professional track sprint champion in 1946 and 1957.[1] He was the only rider to win a gold medal at Milan, Italy, in 1939 – in the world amateur sprint – before the championship was abandoned at the outbreak […]
NO4: JAN DERKSEN – 1946 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT PROFESSIONALS
Jan Derksen was born at Geertruidenberg in central western Holland on 23 January 1919. He became interested in cycling after listening to radio reports of six-day races on the track. His father gave Derksen his first racing bike after he passed his last school exams at 15. He took out a racing licence with the […]
NO5: GE PETERS – 1946 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT PROFESSIONALS
Gerard “Gerrit” Peters (31 July 1920 – 6 April 2005) was a Dutch track and road cyclist who was active between 1941 and 1956. On track he won the world title in the individual pursuit in 1946 and the European title in madison in 1950. On the road, he won six six-day races, in Ghent […]
NO6: GERRIT SCHULTE – 1948 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT PROFESSIONALS
Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well successful in track pursuit, becoming national champion ten times, European […]
NO7: ARIE VAN VLIET – 1948 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT PROFESSIONALS
NO8: JAN PRONK – 1951 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY PROFESSIONALS
NO9: PIET VAN HEUSDEN – 1952 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT PROFESSIONALS
NO10: ARIE VAN VLIET – 1953 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT PROFESSIONALS
NO11: FRANS MAHN – 1956 WORLD CHAMPION ROAD AMATEURS
NO12: JAN DERKSEN – 1957 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT PROFESSIONALS
NO13: ARIE VAN HOUWELINGEN – 1959 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO14: GALINA YERMOLAYEVA – 1960 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO15: HENK NIJDAM – 1961 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT AMATEURS
NO16: LEEN VAN DER MEULEN – 1961 WORLD CHAMPIONS DERNY AMATEURS
NO17: GALINA YERMOLAYEVA – 1961 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO18: HENK NIJDAM – 1962 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT PROFESSIONALS
NO19: VALENTINA SAVINA – 1962 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO20: GALINA YERMOLAYEVA – 1963 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO21: TIEMEN GROEN – 1964 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT AMATEURS
NO22: JAAP OUDKERK – 1964 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO23: IRINA KIRICHENKO – 1964 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO24: DOLMAN, KARSTENS, PIETERSE, ZOET – 1964 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS TEAM TIME TRIAL
NO25: TIEMEN GROEN – 1965 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT AMATEURS
NO26: VALENTINA SAVINA – 1965 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO27: OMAR PHAKHADZE – 1965 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT AMATEURS
NO28: TIEMEN GROEN – 1966 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT AMATEURS
NO29: PIET DE WIT – 1966 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO29: IRINA KIRICHENKO – 1966 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO30: PIET DE WIT – 1967 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO31: TIEMEN GROEN – 1967 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT PROFESSIONALS
NO32: STANISLAV MOSKVIN, MIKHAIL KOLYUSHEV, DZINTARS LATSIS, VIKTOR BYKOV – 1967 WORLD CHAMPIONS TEAM PURSUIT AMATEURS
NO33: FEDOR DEN HERTOG, RENE PIJNEN, JAN KREKELS, JOOP ZOETEMELK – 1968 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS TEAM TIME TRIAL
NO34: KEETIE VAN OOSTEN-HAGE – 1968 WORLD CHAMPION ROAD WOMEN
NO35: JAAP OUDKERK – 1969 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY PROFESSIONALS
NO36: RUSSIA – MOSKVIN, KOLYUSHEV, LATSIS, BYKOV – 1969 WORLD CHAMPIONS TEAM PURSUIT AMATEURS
NO37: GALINA TSAREVA – 1969 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
Galina Georgievna Tsareva (Russian: Галина Георгиевна Царева; born 19 April 1950) is a retired Soviet sprint cyclist who dominated the UCI Track Cycling World Championships of 1969-1980, winning 6 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals. Between 1969 and 1987 she won at least 10 national titles. She had an unusually long cycling career and […]
NO38: RUSSIA – YARDY, SOKOLOV, LIKHACHOV, SHUKHOV – 1970 TEAM TIME TRIAL AMATEURS
NO39: GALINA TSAREVA – 1970 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT WOMEN
NO40: LEIJN LOEVESIJN – 1971 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT PROFESSIONALS
NO41: HENNIE KUIPER – 1972 OLYMPIC CHAMPION ROAD
NO42: GABY MINNEBOO – 1975 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO43: KEETIE VAN OOSTEN-HAGE – 1975 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT WOMEN
NO44: GABY MINNEBOO – 1976 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO45: KEETIE VAN OOSTEN-HAGE – 1976 WORLD CHAMPION ROAD WOMEN
NO47: KEETIE VAN OOSTEN-HAGE – 1978 WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT WOMEN
NO48: MARTIN VENIX – 1979 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY PROFESSIONALS
NO49: KEETIE VAN OOSTEN-HAGE – WORLD CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT WOMEN
NO50: MATTHÉ PRONK – 1979 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO51: RENÉ KOS – 1981 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY PROFESSIONALS
NO52: SERGEI KOPYLOV – 1981 WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT AMATEURS
NO53: MATTHÉ PRONK – 1981 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO54: GABY MINNEBOO – 1982 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY AMATEURS
NO55: MARTIN VENIX – 1982 WORLD CHAMPION DERNY PROFESSIONALS
