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Gerrit Voorting

1923 - 2015

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Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his professional career Voorting won two Tour de France stages and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92, within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerrit Voorting is the 155th most popular cyclist (up from 209th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 807th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Gerrit Voorting ranks 155 out of 1,613. Before her are Primož Roglič, Anton Tkáč, Carlo Galetti, Stephen Roche, Jeannie Longo, and Claude Criquielion. After her are Axel Schandorff, Andrei Tchmil, Maurice Peeters, Chris Froome, Leonard Meredith, and Gianni Motta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gerrit Voorting ranks 279. Before her are Erika Böhm-Vitense, Gordon R. Dickson, Jean Hagen, Norberto Méndez, Alfredo Nobre da Costa, and Gabriel Alonso. After her are Mikhail Pugovkin, Leon Niemczyk, Jesús Rafael Soto, D. N. Aidit, Brendan Behan, and Peter Gay. Among people deceased in 2015, Gerrit Voorting ranks 280. Before her are Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Mate Trojanović, Astrid Ivask, Roberto Tucci, Clark Terry, and Claude Criquielion. After her are Lizabeth Scott, Malcolm Fraser, James Salter, Milorad Milutinović, Roger Rees, and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerrit Voorting ranks 677 out of 1,646. Before her are Hans Ooft (1947), C. George Boeree (1952), Lodewijk van den Berg (1932), Jacobus Golius (1596), Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966), and Bep van Klaveren (1907). After her are Richard Krajicek (1971), Estella Agsteribbe (1909), Bep Voskuijl (1919), Wim Jonk (1966), C. B. van Niel (1897), and Carice van Houten (1976).

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Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Gerrit Voorting ranks 12. Before her are Jan de Vries (1944), Arie den Hartog (1941), Gerben Karstens (1942), Bernard Leene (1903), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), and Peter Post (1933). After her are René Pijnen (1946), Harm Ottenbros (1943), Joseph Bruyère (1948), Jan Pijnenburg (1906), Steven Rooks (1960), and Johan van der Velde (1956).

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