Gerrit Voorting

Personal information
Full name	Gerrit Voorting
Date of birth	June 18, 1923 (1923-06-18) (age 84)
Country	Netherlands
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1952 1953 1954-1959	Locomotief-Vredestein Peugeot Locomotief-Vredestein
Major wins
Silver medal 1948 Olympic Games Two Tour de France stages
Infobox last updated on:
May 22, 2008

Medal record
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Silver	London 1948	Individual Road Race

Gerardus ("Gerrit") Petrus Voorting (born June 18, 1923 in Velsen, Noord-Holland) is a retired racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in London The Cycling competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of two road cycling events and four Track cycling Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Velsen ( is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. North Holland ( Dutch: Noord-Holland,, West Frisian: Noôrd-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the Bicycle racing encompasses many forms in which Bicycles are used for competition The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Cycling competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of two road cycling events and four Track cycling London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located There he won the silver medal in the men's individual road race. He is the older brother of another Dutch Olympic cyclist, Adrie Voorting. Adrianus ("Adri" of "Adrie" Voorting ( February 15, 1931 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland &ndash August 1, 1961 In his professional career, Voorting wone two Tour de France stages, and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. The Yellow jersey (Maillot jaune majo ʒoːn is the jersey worn by the leader of many multi-stage bicycle races originally and most notably the Tour de France

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External links

• Gerrit Voorting profile at the Cycling Website

Persondata
NAME	Voorting, Gerrit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1923-06-18
PLACE OF BIRTH	Velsen, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

References

• (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

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