Jan van Eijden

Jan van Eijden (born 10 August 1976) is a German track cyclist born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double World Champion in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles.

He retired from active racing in 2006 and worked as a sprint coach for the Great Britain Cycling Team until November 2021.

Major results

1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors) 1995: 1st in UCI Track Cycling World Championships - team sprint 1996: 3rd in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial 1997: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint 1997: 2nd in UCI Track World Championships - team sprint 1999: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 1999: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2000: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - sprint 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 2000: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2002: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2003: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin 2003: 3rd in World cup classic Cape Town - sprint 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2004: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - team sprint 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Manchester - sprint 2004: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2004: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint 2005: 1st in World cup classic Moscow - team sprint 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint 2006: 3rd in World cup classic Sydney - keirin