Jan Plantaz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Plantaz

Dutch racing cyclist

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1930

Place of Birth: Geldrop, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1974

Profession: sport cyclist, track cyclist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Johannes "Jan" Marinus Plantaz (3 December 1930 – 10 February 1974) was a road and track cyclist from the Netherlands.
He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the road race (individual and team events) and 4 km team pursuit and finished in 22nd, 5th and 8th place, respectively.
He won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1951 UCI Road World Championships.He died from a heart attack during training.