Jan van Katwijk (born 30 August 1946) is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1965 and 1978. He won a number of races including

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(1968),

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(1969) and national road championships (1972) as well as one stage of

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(1970) and

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(1976). As an army serviceman he won the national military championships in 1967. His son

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, niece

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, younger brothers Piet and Fons as well as son-in-law Bram Schmitz were also professional cyclists.

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1946 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Sint Anthonis Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub