{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (1906–1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Jan Pijnenburg | image = Jan Pijnenburg c1930.jpg | caption = Pijnenburg c. 1930 | fullname = Johannes Baptist Nobertus Pijnenburg | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|2|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tilburg, Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|1979|12|2|1906|2|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Tilburg, Netherlands | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's cycling}} {{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1928 Amsterdam | Team pursuit}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Johannes "Jan" Baptist Norbertus Pijnenburg''' (15 February 1906 – 2 December 1979) was a Dutch track cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal as part of the Dutch pursuit team.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jan-pijnenburg-1.html |title=Jan Pijnenburg |access-date=11 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414032824/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jan-pijnenburg-1.html |archive-date=14 April 2014 }}</ref> After the Olympics he turned professional and won six-day races in Dortmund (1931, 1932), Berlin (1931), Amsterdam (1932, 1933), Brussels (1932–1934), Paris (1932, 1934), Chicago (1932), Frankfurt (1933), Stuttgart (1933), Antwerp (1934, 1937), Rotterdam (1936) and Copenhagen (1936).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3870#memo |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130425140537/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3870%23memo |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 April 2013 |title=Jan Pijnenburg |website=CyclingArchives.com}}</ref>
Honored by several people, retired in September 1940.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Tjitske+Minkema&page=3&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2201-01-1938%22%29&coll=ddd&redirect=true&identifier=ddd:010762383:mpeg21:a0090&resultsidentifier=ddd:010762383:mpeg21:a0090 |title=Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant |newspaper=Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's Courant |date=9 September 1940 |language=nl}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Jan Pijnenburg}} * {{Olympedia|name=Jan Pijnenburg}} * [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PIJNEJOH01 Johannes Pijnenburg at databaseOlympics.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310020418/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PIJNEJOH01 |date=10 March 2007 }} * {{Olympics.com|johannes-baptist-norbertus-pijnenburg|Johannes Baptist Norbertus Pijnenburg}}
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