 Martin Venix (right) with his pacer Noppie Koch at the 1979 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 March 1950 Tilburg, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Motor-paced racing | |||||||||||||||||||
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