Jan Hettema with a cycling trophy, circa 1950s | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1933-10-27)27 October 1933 Leeuwarden, Netherlands |
| Died | 29 June 2016(2016-06-29) (aged 82) Boschkop,Pretoria, South Africa |
Jan Hettema (27 October 1933 – 29 June 2016) was a South Africancyclist. He competed inthree events at the1956 Summer Olympics.[1] He was also a successful rally driver and won theSouth African National Rally Championship five times. He was killed during an armed robbery at hissmallholding in Tweedrag near Boschkop,Pretoria on 29 June 2016.[2][3]
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