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peeters olympics after winning the 1km sprint at the 1920 mouritius prosper peeters sprinter 6 december 1957 leidschendam , the netherlands antwerp , belgium track 5 may 1882 rider maurice peeters.jpg maurice peeters
 maurice peeters
maurice peeters

mouritius `` maurice '' prosper peeters -lrb- 5 may 1882 -- 6 december 1957 -rrb- was a track cyclist from the netherlands , who represented his country at the two consecutive summer olympics -lrb- 1920 and 1924 -rrb- .
he was born in antwerp , belgium , but was raised in the hague .
he died in nearby leidschendam .
in 1920 , peeters became amateur world champion in track cycling .
one day later he rode the olympic 1000 m sprint , and of course he was considered a favourite .
he lost in the first round , but his second place was enough to progress to the next round .
he then won the quarter final and the semi-final .
in the final , he rode against two british cyclists , harry ryan and tiny johnson .
they tried to make use of their numerical advantage , and ryan attacked , so that peeters had to get him back .
in the final corner , johnson should came around the corner to win the race , but peeters was ahead and kept his lead .
after having won the gold medal at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp -lrb- 1000 m sprint -rrb- , he captured the bronze medal four years later in the 2000 m tandem competition , alongside gerard bosch van drakestein .
