Personal information | |
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Full name | Pieter Dingeman van Kempen |
Nickname | "Flying Dutchman" "Zwarte Piet" |
Born | Ooltgensplaat, Netherlands | 12 December 1898
Died | 5 May 1985 Brussels, Belgium | (aged 86)
Team information | |
Discipline | Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Six-day racer |
Pieter Dingeman "Piet" van Kempen (12 December 1898 – 5 May 1985) was a Dutch track cyclist.[1] Professional from 1919 to 1942 and again in the 1950s, he competed in 108 six-day races, and won 32. Due to these successes, he was regarded as one of the best six-day racers of the era, and was given the nicknames "Flying Dutchman" and "Zwarte Piet".[2]