List of Famous people born in Kortrijk, Belgium

Gérard Debaets

First Name Gérard

Last Name Debaets

Born on April 17, 1898

Died on April 27, 1959 (aged 61)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region, Kortrijk

Gerard Debaets was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927 and the Belgian national road race title in 1925. He also specialized in track cycling, winning a total of 18 six-day events, including six times the most prestigious Six Days of New York. Debaets was a resident of Fair Lawn and North Haledon, New Jersey, where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.

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