Jan van Eijden
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Jan van Eijden is a German
track cyclist
born in Bad Neuenahr
. He is a double World Champion
in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles. He retired from active racing in 2006 and became coach for the British national cycling team.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
track cyclist
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
born in Bad Neuenahr
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the capital of the Ahrweiler district. It is a renowned spa and it has a casino. The A61 motorway connects the town with cities like Cologne and Mainz. The city consists of two parts, Bad Neuenahr in the east...
. He is a double World Champion
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles. He retired from active racing in 2006 and became coach for the British national cycling team.
Career highlights
- 1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors)
- 1995: 1st in UCI Track Cycling World Championships1995 UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe 1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Bogotá, Colombia from September 26 to 30. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women at the Velódromo Luis Carlos Galán...
- team sprint - 1996: 3rd in UCI Track World Championships1996 UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Manchester, United Kingdom from August 28 to September 1, 1996. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women....
- 1 km time trial - 1997: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 1997: 2nd in UCI Track World Championships1997 UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Perth, Australia from 27 August to 31 August 1997. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women. France dominated most of the events, taking home half of the...
- team sprint - 1999: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 1999: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2000: 1st in UCI Track World Championships2000 UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe 2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Manchester, United Kingdom from October 26 to October 30, 2000.-Medals table:-Medal summary:-External links:**...
- sprint - 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 2000: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2002: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2003: 2nd in World cup classic AguascalientesAguascalientes, AguascalientesThe city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. It stands on the banks of the Río Aguascalientes, 1880 meters above sea level, at...
- keirin - 2003: 3rd in World cup classic Cape Town - sprint
- 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2004: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin
- 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - team sprint
- 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Manchester - sprint
- 2004: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2004: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2005: 1st in World cup classic Moscow - team sprint
- 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 2006: 3rd in World cup classic Sydney - keirin