Achiel Bruneel (19 October 1918 – 5 June 2008) was a professional track cyclist from Herenthout, Belgium. [1]

Achiel Bruneel
Personal information
Full nameLudovicus Achilles Bruneel
Born(1918-10-19)19 October 1918
Herenthout, Belgium
Died5 June 2008(2008-06-05) (aged 89)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Professional teams
1939Alcyon-Dunlop
1940-1942Individual
1943Europe-Dunlop
1944-1946Individual
1947Dayton
1948-1955Individual
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's track cycling
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1949 Brussels Madison
Silver medal – second place 1950 Zürich Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Zürich Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Zürich Madison

He rode different Six-days events of which he eventually won 12, remarkably with 9 different teammates.[2]

Major results

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1940
2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Jef Scherens)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger Deneef)
1942
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Karel Kaers)
1946
1st Prix Raynaud-Dayen Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
3rd Six Days of Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
1947
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Omer De Bruycker)
1st Six Days of Paris (with Robert Naeye)
1948
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Camile Dekuysscher)
2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Camile Dekuysscher)
1949
1st Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)
2nd   European Track Championships – Madison (with Camile Dekuysscher)
1950
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne (with Guy Lapébie)
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
1st Prix Dupré-Lapize Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
2nd   European Track Championships – Madison (with Guy Lapébie)
2nd Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Bruylandt)
1951
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
1952
1st Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Lucien Acou)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1953
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Oscar Plattner)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Arsène Rijckaert)
2nd Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Acou)
3rd   European Track Championships – Madison (with Arsene Ryckaert)
1954
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Lucien Acou)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Lucien Acou)
3rd   European Track Championships – Madison (with Lucien Acou)

References

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  1. ^ "Achiel Bruneel". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  2. ^ "Achiel Bruneel". ProcyclingStats. 2022.