Evert Dolman

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. His sporting career began with Apollo Rotterdam. He became Dutch champion in 1967 and 1968, but was later stripped of his 1967 title because of doping.

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
1964 Tokyo Team time trial
World Championships
1966 NürburgringAmateur'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.

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