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Sport
  
Weight
  
85 kg

Height
  
1.95 m

Role
  
Cyclist

Name
  
Leo Peelen


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Born
  
16 July 1968 (age 56) (
1968-07-16
)
Arnhem, the Netherlands

Olympic medals
  
Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's points race

Seoul 1988 Olympic Points Race Track Cycling


Leopoldus Eduardus Theoduris "Leo" Peelen (16 July 1968 – 24 March 2017) was a Dutch track cyclist. He won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in the points race. The following year, he captured a bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships. Peelen became six times Dutch champion on the track (Pointsrace in 1983, 1984, 1985 (winter), Individual Pursuit 1986 and Madison 1987 and 1988).

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He was the chairman of the organization of the yearly time trial and cycling festival in Beek. He was one of the 66 riders who participated in the first Alpe d'HuZes when he climbed the Alpe d'Huez six times on 6 June 2006. They fundraised €400,000 for the Dutch Cancer Society during that event.

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On 24 March 2017, Peelen died unexpectedly at the age of 48.

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References

Leo Peelen Wikipedia


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