Gustaaf De Smet
{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (1935–2020)}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Gustaaf De Smet
| image = Gustaaf de Smet-1964.png
| caption = De Smet after winning the 1964 Championship of Flanders
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|5|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Mariakerke, Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|5|28|1935|5|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Oostakker, Belgium
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| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 1960–1968
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Groene Leeuw|1960}}
| majorwins =
:Four Days of Dunkirk (1965)
:Schaal Sels (1960)
:Nationale Sluitingprijs (1962, 1964)
:Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1964)
:Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1966)
}}
Gustaaf De Smet (15 May 1935 – 28 May 2020) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/gustaaf-de-smet-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061852/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/gustaaf-de-smet-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gustaaf De Smet Olympic Results |accessdate=25 July 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}} He spent his entire professional career riding for {{UCI team code|Groene Leeuw|1960}}. He became East-Flemish champion in 1964.
De Smet died on 28 May 2020, aged 85.[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200530_04976413 Gustaaf De Smet overleden: “Ook na zijn wielercarrière heel gedreven”] {{in lang|nl}}
Major results
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;1956
: 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
;1957
: 2nd Schaal Sels
;1960
: 1st Schaal Sels
;1961
: 3rd Omloop van Limburg
: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 8th Scheldeprijs
: 8th Paris–Tours
;1962
: 1st GP Victor Standaert
: 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs
: 5th Overall Tour du Nord
: 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 7th Scheldeprijs
;1963
: 1st GP de Denain
: 1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
: 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs
: 3rd Brabantse Pijl
: 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
;1964
: 1st 20px Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs
: 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
: 2nd De Kustpijl
: 3rd Paris–Tours
: 4th Dwars door België
: 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 8th Tour of Flanders
;1965
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
: 2nd Paris–Tours
: 2nd Schaal Sels
: 2nd Circuit des Onze Villes
: 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 3rd Nokere Koerse
: 5th Paris–Brussels
: 8th Tour of Flanders
: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
;1966
: 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs
: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 3rd Paris–Roubaix
: 5th Paris–Brussels
: 5th Paris–Tours
;1967
: 1st GP Flandria
: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 3rd GP Stad Zottegem
: 5th Dwars door België
: 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
;1968
: 1st Circuit du Houtland-Torhout
: 6th Circuit des Onze Villes
: 7th Dwars door België
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Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Category:Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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