Manu Snellinx (23 August 1948 – 29 May 2017) was a Belgian
cyclist
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. He competed in the
sprint
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Aerospace
*Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design
*Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile
Automotive and motorcycle
*Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989
*Chevrolet Sprint, ...
and
tandem
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction.
The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
events at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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.
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1948 births
2017 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium)
People from Bilzen
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