Piet de Wit
Piet de Wit (born 6 March 1946) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands who won the Amateur UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1966 and 1967.His sporting career began with DTS Zaandam.[1] He then moved into the professionals category and won another three medals in 1968, 1970 and 1973.[2]
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Born | Wormer, the Netherlands | 6 March 1946|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was raised with three sisters in a biking family – his parents worked for a bicycle company. After retiring from active competitions in 1974, he established a family-run bicycle shop in his native Wormer, which later expanded into a chain in North Holland. In 1994 he passed the shop management to his business partner Martin Slagt.[3]
References
- Maaskant, Piet (1967). Wiel an Wiel. Zwolle: La Riviere & Voorhoeve. p. 154.
- Piet de Wit. radsportseiten.net
- Homepage van Piet de Wit. planet.nl (7 May 2003)

Piet de Wit at the World Championships 1967

Marriage of Piet on 24 December 1969
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