Evert "Eef" Gerardus Dolman (22 February 1946 – 12 May 1993) was a Dutch racing cyclist, who won the gold medal in the 100 km team trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, alongside Gerben Karstens, Bart Zoet, and Jan Pieterse.[1] His sporting career began with Apollo Rotterdam.[2] He became Dutch champion in 1967 and 1968, but was later stripped of his 1967 title because of doping.[3][4]

Evert Dolman
Dolman in 1966
Personal information
Full nameEvert Gerardus Dolman
Born(1946-02-22)22 February 1946
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Died12 May 1993(1993-05-12) (aged 47)
Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
1971 Tour of Flanders
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team time trial
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Nürburgring Amateur's Road Race

He said in an interview with the Dutch magazine Wielerrevue that his racing career had been undermined by drug-taking and what he described as the witch-hunt conducted in the first years of drug-testing in the 1960s.[3]

Palmarès

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1964
  Olympic title team time trial
1965
Ronde van Noord-Holland
Ronde van Limburg
1966
World amateur road race champion
Ronde van Gelderland
Tour de Namur
1967
Stage 6 of Vuelta a España
1968
Goirle
  Dutch National Road Race Championship
Ulestraten
1969
1st stage of Tour de Luxembourg
Mijl van Mares
Monaco
1970
Kortenhoef
1971
Tour of Flanders

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Eef Dolman Archived 15 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Maaskant, Piet (1967). Wiel aan Wiel. Zwolle: La Rivière & Voorhoeve. p. 154.
  3. ^ a b Te Fanatiek, Wielersport, Holland, undated cutting
  4. ^ Dolman erkent doping, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1 August 1967
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