Ronny Van Sweevelt Explained

Ronny Van Sweevelt
Birth Date:3 August 1962
Birth Place:Hasselt, Belgium
Death Place:Hasselt, Belgium

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]

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]

Van Sweevelt died in Hasselt on 17 June 2020, after being in a coma which was caused by choking during a meal.[3]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ronny Van Sweevelt Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225803/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ronny-van-sweevelt-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 May 2015 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Rechter beveelt internering van ex-wielrenner Ronny Vansweevelt. Gazet van Antwerpen Mobile.
  3. Web site: De tragische dood na een tragisch leven van Limburgse wielerbelofte. Het Belang van Limburg Mobile.
  4. Web site: Van amfetamines tot zelfs politieachtervolging: voormalig wielrenner Ronny Van Sweevelt op 57-jarige leeftijd overleden . 12 May 2021. Gazet van Antwerpen .