Willy Vanden Berghen
{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (1939–2022)}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Willy Vanden Berghen
| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-72780-0001, Friedensfahrt,Willy Vanden Berghen.jpg
| caption = Vanden Berghen in 1960
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|7|3}}
| birth_place = Vilvoorde, Belgium
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|03|30|1939|7|3}}
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| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| majorwins = 1 stage Tour de France
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{BEL}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's road bicycle racing}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympics}}
{{MedalBronze| Rome 1960 |Road race}}
{{MedalCompetition|World championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1960 Sachsenring|Amateur's Road race}}
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Willy Vanden Berghen (3 July 1939 – 30 March 2022) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1960 he won two bronze medals in the road race, one at the amateur world championships and the other at the Olympic Games.
Major results
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;1958
:Gent-Staden
;1959
:{{BEL}} national amateur track pursuit championship
;1960
:GP de la Famenne
:Heist-op-den-Berg
:Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs
:{{bronze3}} Olympic Road Race
:Braine-le-Comte
:Waarschoot
;1961
:Buggenhout
:Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
:Jambes
;1962
:GP Monaco
:Machelen
:Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
::Winner stage 4
;1963
:Tienen
:Petegem-aan-de-Leie
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/3712.html Official Tour de France results for Willy van den Berghen]
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Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Belgian Tour de France stage winners
Category:Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
Category:Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Category:Sportspeople from Vilvoorde
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in cycling
Category:Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists from Flemish Brabant
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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