Petrus "Piet" Michaelis van der Horst (25 October 1903 – 18 February 1983) was a Dutch
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...
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.
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
Piet van der Horst at databaseOlympics.com
1903 births
1983 deaths
Dutch male cyclists
Dutch track cyclists
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
People from Moerdijk
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from North Brabant
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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