Maurice Peeters
![]() Peeters after winning the 1km sprint at the 1920 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mouritius Prosper Peeters | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Antwerp, Belgium | 5 May 1882|||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 1957 Leidschendam, the Netherlands | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
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Mouritius "Maurice" Prosper Peeters (5 May 1882 – 6 December 1957) was a track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the two consecutive Summer Olympics (1920 and 1924).[1]
He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, but was raised in The Hague. He died in nearby Leidschendam.
In 1920, Peeters became amateur world champion in track cycling. One day later he rode the Olympic 1000 m sprint, and of course he was considered a favourite. He lost in the first round, but his second place was enough to progress to the next round. He then won the quarter final and the semi-final. In the final, he rode against two British cyclists, Harry Ryan and Tiny Johnson. They tried to make use of their numerical advantage, and Ryan attacked, so that Peeters had to get him back. In the final corner, Johnson should came around the corner to win the race, but Peeters was ahead and kept his lead.[2] After having won the gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (1000 m sprint), making him the first Dutch individual Olympic champion, he captured the bronze medal four years later in the 2000 m tandem competition, alongside Gerard Bosch van Drakestein.
See also
References
- ^ "Maurice Peeters Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Description of the 1920 Olympic race Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Dutch Olympic Committee (in Dutch)
- 1882 births
- 1957 deaths
- Dutch male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Dutch track cyclists
- Sportspeople from Antwerp
- Sportspeople from The Hague
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
- Dutch cycling biography stubs