CYCLIST

Walter Godefroot

1943 - Today

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Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of Team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile Team. As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriot Eddy Merckx was caught in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Godefroot has received more than 52,507 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Walter Godefroot is the 52nd most popular cyclist (down from 50th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Walter Godefroot ranks 52 out of 1,613. Before him are Henri Pélissier, Freddy Maertens, Francesco Moser, Briek Schotte, Lucien Buysse, and Herman Van Springel. After him are Aristidis Konstantinidis, Erik De Vlaeminck, Adri van der Poel, Tony Rominger, August von Gödrich, and Gastone Nencini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Walter Godefroot ranks 254. Before him are John Zerzan, Angelo Comastri, Herman Van Springel, Barry Manilow, Dušan Uhrin, and Michael Byrne. After him are Iñaki Sáez, Bjørn Wirkola, Hilton Valentine, Roberto Rosato, Jean Zerbo, and Michael Ondaatje.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 406 out of 1,190. Before him are Dries Mertens (1987), Mark Eyskens (1933), Michiel Sweerts (1618), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Hans Bol (1534), and Robert Hennet (1886). After him are Brian Molko (1972), Hubert Pierlot (1883), Diane von Fürstenberg (1946), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), and Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 15. Before him are Firmin Lambot (1886), Léon Scieur (1888), Freddy Maertens (1952), Briek Schotte (1919), Lucien Buysse (1892), and Herman Van Springel (1943). After him are Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Stan Ockers (1920), Maurice De Waele (1896), Maurice Peeters (1882), Romain Maes (1912), and Sylvère Maes (1909).

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