Piet de Wit explained

Birth Date:6 March 1946
Birth Place:Wormer, the Netherlands
Sport:Motor-paced racing
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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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maaskant, Piet. Wiel aan Wiel. La Rivière & Voorhoeve. 1967. Zwolle. 154.