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Full name | Sjefke Janssen | ||||||||||||||
Born | Elsloo, the Netherlands | 28 October 1919||||||||||||||
Died | 3 December 2014 Elsloo, the Netherlands | (aged 95)||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Sjefke Janssen (October 28, 1919 – December 3, 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He was known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1947 UCI Road World Championships.
Janssen was a professional cyclist from 1946 through 1954.[1] After retiring, he became a cycling team-manager and owned a bicycle shop in Elsloo.[2]
He was born and died in Elsloo.[3] At the time of his death, Janssen was the oldest living Dutch Tour de France racer.[2]
He was the father of Dutch Olympic team dressage coach Sjef Janssen.