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| Full name | Jean-Pierre Van Zyl | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1975 Potchefstroom, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track cycling | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
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Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (born 15 August 1975) is a South African track cyclist. He won medals in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - a silver medal in keirin in 1997 and a bronze medal in scratch in 2003.
| Date | Placing | Event | Competition | Location | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | 3 | Keirin | World Cup | Cali | Colombia |
| August 1997 | 2 | Keirin | World Cup | Adelaide | Australia |
| August 1997 | 1 | Sprint | World Cup | Adelaide | Australia |
| 27 August 1997 |  | Keirin | World Championships | Perth | Australia |
| May 2002 | 2 | Points race | World Cup | Sydney | Australia |
| 2003 | 2 | Six Days of Grenoble | Six Days | Grenoble | France |
| 30 July 2003 |  | Scratch | World Championships | Stuttgart | Germany |
| April 2003 | 2 | Scratch | World Cup | Cape Town | South Africa |
| 20 January 2004 | 3 | Six Days of Stuttgart | Six Days | Stuttgart | Germany |
| 23 July 2004 | 1 | Three Days of Pordenone | Three Days | Pordenone | Italy |
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