Jan van Eijden (born 10 August 1976 in Bad Neuenahr -Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate ) is a German track cyclist born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double World Champion in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles. He retired from active racing in 2006 and became coach for the British national cycling team.
1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors) 1995: 1st in UCI Track Cycling World Championships - team sprint 1996: 3rd in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial 1997: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint 1997: 2nd in UCI Track World Championships - team sprint 1999: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 1999: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2000: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - sprint 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 2000: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2002: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2003: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin 2003: 3rd in World cup classic Cape Town - sprint 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2004: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - team sprint 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Manchester - sprint 2004: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2004: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2005: 1st in World cup classic Moscow - team sprint 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 2006: 3rd in World cup classic Sydney - keirin