Gerrit Voorting

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Gerrit Voorting

Personal information
Full name	Gerrit Voorting
Date of birth	June 18, 1923 (1923-06-18) (age 84)
Country	Netherlands
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1952 1953 1954-1959	Locomotief-Vredestein Peugeot Locomotief-Vredestein
Major wins
Silver medal 1948 Olympic Games Two Tour de France stages
Infobox last updated on:
May 22, 2008

Medal record
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Silver	London 1948	Individual Road Race

Gerardus ("Gerrit") Petrus Voorting (born June 18, 1923 in Velsen, Noord-Holland) is a retired racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. There he won the silver medal in the men's individual road race. He is the older brother of another Dutch Olympic cyclist, Adrie Voorting. In his professional career, Voorting wone two Tour de France stages, and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

• Gerrit Voorting profile at the Cycling Website

Persondata
NAME	Voorting, Gerrit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1923-06-18
PLACE OF BIRTH	Velsen, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

[edit] References

• (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee