Jack Middelburg
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| Jack Middelburg | |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
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| Grand Prix motorcycle racing career | |
| Active years | 1978 - 1983 |
| Teams | Yamaha |
| Grands Prix | 37 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podium finishes | 4 |
| Career points | 141 |
| Pole positions | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First Grand Prix | 1979 500cc West German Grand Prix |
| First win | 1980 500cc Dutch TT |
| Last win | 1981 500cc British Grand Prix |
| Last Grand Prix | 1983 500cc San Marino Grand Prix |
Jack Middelburg (Naaldwijk, April 30, 1952 – Groningen, April 3, 1984) was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Together with Wil Hartog and Boet van Dulmen, he was part of a contingent of Dutch riders who competed at the highest levels of Grand Prix racing in the late 1970s. Middelburg never earned a factory-sponsored race bike, yet managed to post some impressive results. He became the second Dutchman to win the Dutch TT in 1980, and in 1981 he pulled off an unexpected upset when he defeated the defending world champion, Kenny Roberts at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Middelburg was killed while competing in a road circuit race in Tolbert, Holland in 1984.
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