Johannes "Jan" Baptist Norbertus Pijnenburg (15 February 1906 – 2 December 1979) was a Dutch
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 wa ...
who competed in the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...
. He won the silver medal as part of the Dutch pursuit team.
After the Olympics he turned professional and won six-day races in Dortmund (1931, 1932), Berlin (1931), Amsterdam (1932, 1933), Brussels (1932–1934), Paris (1932, 1934), Chicago (1932), Frankfurt (1933), Stuttgart (1933), Antwerp (1934, 1937), Rotterdam (1936) and Copenhagen (1936).
Honored by several people, retired in September 1940.
See also
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List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines (BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not co ...
References
External links
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Johannes Pijnenburg at databaseOlympics.com
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1906 births
1979 deaths
Dutch male cyclists
Dutch track cyclists
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Cyclists from Tilburg
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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