CYCLIST

Walter Godefroot

1943 - 2025

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Walter Godefroot (2 July 1943 – 1 September 2025) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer and directeur sportif of Team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile Team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Walter Godefroot is the 41st most popular cyclist (up from 52nd in 2024), the 328th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 405th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Walter Godefroot ranks 41 out of 1,613. Before him are Jan Janssen, Ferdinand Kübler, Laurent Fignon, Odile Defraye, Léon Scieur, and Ottavio Bottecchia. After him are Louison Bobet, Rudi Altig, Henri Pélissier, André Leducq, Luigi Ganna, and Hugo Koblet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Walter Godefroot ranks 219. Before him are Nicholas Negroponte, Carmen Argenziano, Winston Groom, Henry Hill, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, and Stanley Kamel. After him are Kazimira Prunskienė, Nasr Abu Zayd, André Téchiné, James Turrell, Inna Churikova, and Paul Michael Glaser. Among people deceased in 2025, Walter Godefroot ranks 173. Before him are Adriana Asti, Juan Ramón Verón, Frankétienne, Fred Newhouse, Vijay Rupani, and José Carlos. After him are Hermeto Pascoal, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, John Sykes, Ferenc Mohácsi, Richard Armitage, and Ace Frehley.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 328 out of 1,190. Before him are Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Léon Scieur (1888), Victor Boin (1886), Camille Huysmans (1871), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), and Guy Thys (1922). After him are José van Dam (1940), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Hélène Dutrieu (1877), John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), and Frans Hogenberg (1535).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 11. Before him are Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), Odile Defraye (1888), and Léon Scieur (1888). After him are Sylvère Maes (1909), Freddy Maertens (1952), Romain Maes (1912), Stan Ockers (1920), Briek Schotte (1919), and Erik De Vlaeminck (1945).

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