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arie van vliet in 1948 9 july 2001 woerden , netherlands woerden , netherlands cycling 18 march 1916 arie van vliet 1948.jpg arie van vliet

arie van vliet

arie van vliet -lrb- 18 march 1916 -- 9 july 2001 -rrb- was a dutch sprint cyclist .
between 1934 and 1957 , he won 13 medals at world championships , including four gold medals , and set several world records in sprint events , despite the interruption by world war ii .
he also won a gold medal in 1000 m time trial and a silver medal in the individual sprint at the 1936 summer olympics in berlin .
his olympic sprint race was obstructed by the winner , german cyclist toni merkens , who was however not disqualified , but merely fined for 100 german marks .
