Leopoldus Eduardus Theoduris "Leo" Peelen (16 July 1968 – 24 March 2017) was a Dutch track cyclist. He won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in the points race.[1] The following year, he captured a bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships. Peelen became six times Dutch champion on the track (Pointsrace in 1983, 1984, 1985 (winter), Individual Pursuit 1986 and Madison 1987 and 1988).
![]() Leo Peelen in 1988 | ||||||||||||
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Born | Arnhem, Netherlands | 16 July 1968|||||||||||
Died | 24 March 2017 Apeldoorn, the Netherlands | (aged 48)|||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Track cycling | |||||||||||
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He was the chairman of the organization of the yearly time trial and cycling festival in Beek.[2] He was one of the 66 riders who participated in the first Alpe d'HuZes when he climbed the Alpe d'Huez six times on 6 June 2006.[3] They fundraised €400,000 for the Dutch Cancer Society during that event.[4]
On 24 March 2017, Peelen died unexpectedly at the age of 48.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leo Peelen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ http://www.wielersportbeek.nl Archived 20 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Home". alpe-dhuzes.nl.
- ^ "Home". kwf.nl.
- ^ "Oud-baanwielrenner Peelen (48) onverwachts overleden" [Former track cyclist Peelen (48) unexpectedly passed away]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.