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Arie van Vliet

1916 - 2001

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arie van Vliet is the 700th most popular athlete (down from 276th in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 577th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Arie van Vliet ranks 700 out of 6,025. Before him are Jacqueline Mazéas, Bill Bruce, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Rex Cawley, Kaisa Parviainen, and Jean Shiley. After him are Argentina Menis, Evelyn Ashford, Hermann Wilker, Roelof Klein, Luciano Sušanj, and Ian Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Arie van Vliet ranks 207. Before him are Einar Englund, Evelyn Keyes, Bernard Heuvelmans, Franco Fabrizi, Lou Thesz, and Rostislav Alexeyev. After him are Runer Jonsson, Dinah Shore, Van Johnson, John D. MacDonald, Sudirman, and Fernando Lamas. Among people deceased in 2001, Arie van Vliet ranks 211. Before him are Arturo Uslar Pietri, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Nancye Wynne Bolton, Bernard Heuvelmans, Joe Fagan, and Mongo Beti. After him are Hani Hanjour, R. K. Narayan, Marwan al-Shehhi, Yuri Ozerov, Dmitry Polyansky, and Giancarlo Brusati.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Arie van Vliet ranks 693 out of 1,646. Before him are Charles of Mount Argus (1821), Pim Doesburg (1943), Reinier Nooms (1623), Kees van Ierssel (1945), Willeke Alberti (1945), and Nida Senff (1920). After him are Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Jaap Bakema (1914), Roelof Klein (1877), Mark Blaug (1927), René Pijnen (1946), and Ruud Hesp (1965).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Arie van Vliet ranks 5. Before him are Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), and Tinus Osendarp (1916). After him are Roelof Klein (1877), François Brandt (1874), Mia Gommers (1939), Harry Steevens (1945), Jopie Selbach (1918), Jan Wienese (1942), and Willem Slijkhuis (1923).

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