Honorific Prefix: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]] |
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein | |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1887 |
Birth Place: | Mechlin, Belgium |
Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
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Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]] Gerard Dagobert Hendrik Bosch van Drakestein (24 July 188720 March 1972) was a Dutch track cyclist who represented his country at three Summer Olympics (1908, 1924 and 1928). He was born in Mechelen, Belgium and died in The Hague, Netherlands.[1]
After having won a bronze at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris (2000 m tandem), he won the silver medal four years later in the 1000 m individual time trial, aged 41.[2]