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Mar 18, 1916 Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands Died on 09 Jul 2001 (aged 85)
Dutch sprint cyclist
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About Arie Van Vliet
- 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.
- He also won a gold medal in 1000 m time trial and a silver medal in the 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.
