Piet de Wit

Piet de Wit (born 6 March 1946) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands who won the Amateur UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1966 and 1967.His sporting career began with DTS Zaandam.[1] He then moved into the professionals category and won another three medals in 1968, 1970 and 1973.[2]

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Wit, not Wit.
Piet de Wit
Piet de Wit in 1973
Personal information
Born (1946-03-06) 6 March 1946
Wormer, the Netherlands
Sport
SportMotor-paced racing
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 FrankfurtAmateurs
Gold medal – first place 1967 AmsterdamAmateurs
Silver medal – second place 1968 RomeProfessionals
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Professionals
Silver medal – second place 1973 Professionals
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Professionals
Silver medal – second place 1973 Professionals

He was raised with three sisters in a biking family – his parents worked for a bicycle company. After retiring from active competitions in 1974, he established a family-run bicycle shop in his native Wormer, which later expanded into a chain in North Holland. In 1994 he passed the shop management to his business partner Martin Slagt.[3]

References
  1. Maaskant, Piet (1967). Wiel an Wiel. Zwolle: La Riviere & Voorhoeve. p. 154.
  2. Piet de Wit. radsportseiten.net
  3. Homepage van Piet de Wit. planet.nl (7 May 2003)
Piet de Wit at the World Championships 1967
Marriage of Piet on 24 December 1969
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