Gerrit Voorting

{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (1923–2015)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| name = Gerrit Voorting

| image = Gerrit Voorting 1958.jpg

| caption = Gerrit Voorting in 1958

| full_name = Gerrit Voorting

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|1|18}}

| birth_place = Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|01|30|1923|01|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Heemskerk, Netherlands

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| weight =

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1952

| proteam1 = Locomotief-Vredestein

| proyears2 = 1953

| proteam2 = Peugeot

| proyears3 = 1954–1959

| proteam3 = Locomotief-Vredestein

| majorwins = Silver medal 1948 Olympic Games
Two Tour de France stages

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's road bicycle racing}}

{{MedalCountry| the {{NED}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1948 London | Individual road race}}

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Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his professional career Voorting won two Tour de France stages and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92,{{cite web |url=http://www.ed.nl/algemeen/sport/oud-wielrenner-gerrit-voorting-overleden-1.4739928 |title=Oud-wielrenner Gerrit Voorting overleden |language=Dutch |publisher=ed.nl |date=30 January 2015 |accessdate=30 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130232200/http://www.ed.nl/algemeen/sport/oud-wielrenner-gerrit-voorting-overleden-1.4739928 |archivedate=30 January 2015 }}[http://rvmn.nl/obituary-gerrit-voorting/ Obituary Gerrit Voorting]. rvmn.nl (4 February 2015) within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans.{{cite news|title = Oud-wielrenner Joop Harmans (93) overleden|language = nl|publisher = nusport.nl|date = 6 February 2015|url = http://www.nusport.nl/wielrennen/3987596/oud-wielrenner-joop-harmans-93-overleden.html|accessdate = 7 February 2015}} He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.