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Sjefke Janssen (28 October 1919 – 3 December 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1947 UCI Road World Championships. Janssen was a professional cyclist from 1946 through 1954.[1] After retiring, he became a cycling team-manager and owned a bicycle shop in Elsloo.[2]
Sjefke Janssen (left) together with Jan Nolten (right) | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Sjefke Janssen | ||||||||||||||
Born | Elsloo, the Netherlands | 28 October 1919||||||||||||||
Died | 3 December 2014 95) | (aged||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Janssen was born and died in Elsloo.[3] At the time of his death, Janssen was the oldest living Dutch Tour de France racer.[2] He was the father of Dutch Olympic team dressage coach Sjef Janssen.
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