Derk van Egmond

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Derk van Egmond
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Derk van Egmond (1978)
Personal information
Full nameDerk Jan van Egmond
Born(1956-08-30)30 August 1956
Hellendoorn, Netherlands
Medal record
Men's track cycling
National Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1978Pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1979Pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1982Pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1982Points race
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1979Points race
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1982Pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1984Pursuit

Derk Jan "Dick" van Egmond (born 30 August 1956 in Hellendoorn) is a Dutch track cyclist during the 1970s and 1980s who was specialized in the individual pursuit and points race events. He is a seven time national championships medalist

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Career

As a junior he became national champion in 1974 and 1975 in Apeldoorn. [1] As a result he was selected for the 1974 European Championships. [2]

His first main achievement was winning the silver medal at the 1978 Dutch National Track Championships in the individual pursuit behind Gerrit Möhlmann. The next year he finished again second in the individual pursuit, this time behind Jos Lammertink, and won the bronze medal in the points race. [3]

Van Egmond was not selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics, as NOC*NSF didn't sent pursuit cyclists. Because of this, he was so pissed off that he quit track cycling and switched to road cycling. He was not unsuccessful on the road, and had a podium finish in a stage already at the 1979 Olympia's Tour. [4] [5]

However, Van Egmond returned to the track. He won in 1980 the international cycling race "Moet & Chandon" in London, UK ahead of René Koppert and British Glen Mitchell. At the Dutch National Track Championships he won a total of silver medals: four silver medals and three bronze medals. Between 1982 and 1984 he was for three consecutive years on the podium at the national chamionships in the individual pursuit and also won the silver medal in the points race in 1983. [3]

In 1983 he had a crash with cyclist Ab Harren in Amsterdam (Sloten). Harren had to go to the hospital, with Van Egmond going injured to the 1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Switzerland. [6]

In 1984 he was selected for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. It seemed that he wouldn’t be able to go because the company he worked for didn’t want to grant him unpaid leave. However, after a request from the NOC, the company responded positively and he was granted unpaid leave. [7] [8] At the Games he was among the team of five for the team pursuit, but was not selected to compete. However, he was selected for the men's points race. In the points race he reached via the semi-final the final where he finished in eighth place. [9] [10] [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Van Egmond Nederlands kampioen". Tubantia (in Dutch). 14 June 1974. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
  2. ↑ "Dick v. Egmond naar Warschau". Tubantia (in Dutch). 20 June 1974. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
  3. 1 2 "Derk van Egmond". Site du Cyclisme (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Schaatskampioene start in NK wielrennen". Limburgsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 31 July 1980. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher. De niet-uitverkoerenen voor Moskou (Koppert, Vonk, Van Egmond) zijn zó teleurgesteld, dat ze niet meer te maken willen hebben het het baanwielrennen en zich volledig op de weg hebben gericht.
  5. ↑ "Slechts één baanrenner naar Moskou". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 18 June 1980. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher. "En dat, terwijl we op papier zo'n sterke ploeg hebben". Het NOC echter bleek niet gevoelig voor de argumenten om Hans Vonk, René Koppert, Gerrit Solleveld, Dick van Egmond, Theo van Tol en Peter Pieters naar de Spelen te laten gaan.
  6. ↑ "Geen WK-baan voor Harren". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 August 1983. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
  7. ↑ "Dick van Egmond naar Spelen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 21 June 1984. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
  8. ↑ "Dick van Egmond kan toch naar de Spelen". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 21 June 1984. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
  9. ↑ "Dick van Egmond naar de finale". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2 August 1984. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
  10. ↑ "Schrale troost Dick van Egmond". Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 2 August 1984. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
  11. ↑ "Dick van Egmond in puntenkoers achtste". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 4 August 1984. Retrieved 12 March 2026– via Delpher.
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