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]