Gerrit Voorting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerrit Voorting

Road bicycle racer

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1923

Place of Birth: Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 30-Jan-2015

Profession: sport cyclist, track cyclist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960.
As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
In his professional career Voorting won two Tour de France stages and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days.
Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92, within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans.
He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.