Arie van Vliet
 van Vliet in 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 March 1916 Woerden, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 July 2001 (aged 85) Woerden, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arie Gerrit 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.individual sprint at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. His Olympic sprint race was obstructed by the winner, German cyclist Toni Merkens, who was however not disqualified, but merely fined for 100 German marks.[2]
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