Palle Lykke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Palle Lykke

Danish cyclist

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1936

Place of Birth: Ringe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 19-Apr-2013

Profession: sport cyclist, track cyclist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Palle Lykke Jensen (4 November 1936 – 19 April 2013) was a Danish cyclist who was active between 1956 and 1969.
He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the road race, but failed to finish.
The same year he finished fourth at the world road championships.
Starting from 1958 Jensen won four consecutive national sprint titles.
Between 1958 and 1968 he also won six medals at European track championships and 21 six-day races out of 122 starts in Germany, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and UK.
After marrying the daughter of Belgian cyclist Rik Van Steenbergen, in 1962 he moved to Belgium, where he worked at the Port of Antwerp.