Jan van Eijden

Jan van Eijden

Jan van Eijden (2015)
Personal information
Full name	Jan van Eijden
Born	(1976-08-10) 10 August 1976 (age 48) Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, West Germany
Team information
Current team	British Cycling
Discipline	Track
Role	Coach
Rider type	Sprinter
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's track cycling World Championships 1995 Bogotá Team sprint 2000 Manchester Sprint 1997 Perth Team sprint 1996 Manchester 1 km time trial

Jan van Eijden (born 10 August 1976) is a German track cyclist born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double World Champion in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles.

He retired from active racing in 2006 and worked as a sprint coach for the Great Britain Cycling Team until November 2021.[1][2]

Major results

• 1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors)
• 1995: 1st in UCI Track Cycling World Championships - team sprint
• 1996: 3rd in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial
• 1997: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
• 1997: 2nd in UCI Track World Championships - team sprint
• 1999: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
• 1999: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
• 2000: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - sprint
• 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
• 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
• 2000: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
• 2002: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
• 2003: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin
• 2003: 3rd in World cup classic Cape Town - sprint
• 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
• 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
• 2004: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin
• 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - team sprint
• 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Manchester - sprint
• 2004: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
• 2004: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
• 2005: 1st in World cup classic Moscow - team sprint
• 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
• 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
• 2006: 3rd in World cup classic Sydney - keirin

References

1. "German Know How Helps British Sprinters" Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, britishcycling.com
2. "Kaarle McCulloch appointed as Podium Women's Sprint Coach". British Cycling. 25 February 2022.