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connie meijer in 1988 17 august 1988 -lrb- aged 25 -rrb- naaldwijk , the netherlands vlaardingen , the netherlands cycling 5 february 1963 connie meijer 1988.jpg connie meijer

connie meijer

connie meijer -lrb- 5 february 1963 -- 17 august 1988 -rrb- was a dutch cyclist who won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1987 uci road world championships .
she won a national title in this event in 1984 , as well as individual stages of the tour of norway in 1987 and 1988 .
on 17 august 1988 , while competing in naaldwijk , she complained of severe nausea and died of a heart attack before her ambulance reached the hospital .
