Ronny Van Sweevelt

Ronny Van Sweevelt (3 August 1962 17 June 2020) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Ronny Van Sweevelt
Personal information
Born(1962-08-03)3 August 1962
Hasselt, Belgium
Died17 June 2020(2020-06-17) (aged 57)
Hasselt, Belgium

In later life he became addicted to drugs. He was in the news in 2000 after a police chase in Antwerp, after a suspected drug possession. He was sentenced in 2001.[2][3]

Van Sweevelt died in Hasselt on 17 June 2020, after being in a coma which was caused by choking during a meal.[2]

Ronny was the younger brother of Valère Van Sweevelt, also a former Belgian racing cyclist who won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1968.[4]

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