Johannes "Jan" Marinus Plantaz (3 December 1930 – 10 February 1974) was a road and track cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the road race (individual and team events) and 4 km team pursuit and finished in 22nd, 5th and 8th place, respectively.[1] He won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1951 UCI Road World Championships.[2]
 Jan Plantaz in 1952 | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Johannes Marinus Plantaz | |||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1930 Geldrop, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 February 1974 (aged 43) Eindhoven, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
Medal record
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He died from a heart attack during training.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jan Plantaz Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ^ Jan (Johannes Marinus) Plantaz. cyclingarchives.com
External links
edit- Jan Plantaz at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Dutch Olympic Committee
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