Jan Pijnenburg
Pijnenburg c. 1930 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Johannes Baptist Nobertus Pijnenburg | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1906 Tilburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 December 1979 (aged 73) Tilburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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Johannes "Jan" Baptist Norbertus Pijnenburg (15 February 1906 – 2 December 1979) was a Dutch track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. 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.