Daan van Dijk
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Daniel "Daan" van Dijk (10 May 1907 in The Hague
– 22 November 1986 in The Hague
) was a Dutch
track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
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In 1928 he won the gold medal in the tandem event together with Bernhard Leene
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The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
– 22 November 1986 in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
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In 1928 he won the gold medal in the tandem event together with Bernhard Leene
Bernhard Leene
Bernhardus Petrus Leene was a track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics ....
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