Peter Pieters

Peter Pieters

Peter Pieters in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1962-02-02) 2 February 1962 (age 59) Zwanenburg, the Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cycling
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands UCI Track Cycling World Championships 1991 Stuttgart Points race UEC European Track Championships 1995 Omnium

Peter Pieters (born 2 February 1962) is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1980 and 1998. On track, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the individual 4 km pursuit and points race,^[1] and won a bronze medal in the points race at the 1991 world championships.^[2] On the road, he won the Delta Profronde (1988), Paris–Tours (1988), Profronde van Almelo (1990) and (1996), as well as individual stages of the Olympia's Tour (1983), Vuelta a Burgos (1984), Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (1984), Vuelta a Murcia (1985), Tour of Belgium (1988) and Tour of Sweden (1992).^[2] After retiring from competition he worked as a cycling coach, in particular he was successful with the Belgian national team: in 2017 the Belgium national team brought home the highest number of medals in 50 years.

Pieters's brother Sjaak and daughter Amy are also Olympic cyclists.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Dutch Olympic cyclists

References[]