Maurice Peeters

Mouritius " Maurice" Prosper Peeters ( born May 5, 1882 in Antwerp, Belgium, † December 6, 1957 in Leidschendam ) was a racing cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion.

Peeters, who was in 1908 became a Dutch citizen, won in 1920 at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, the gold medal in the sprint over 1000 meters with a time of 1:38,3 minutes. In the same year he became world champion in this discipline and won the Sprint Classic Grand Prix de Paris in the amateurs. Four years later he won the bronze medal at the Olympics in 2000 m tandem competition, along with Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein. In addition, he was four times Dutch champion in the sprint of the amateurs.

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