Peter Nieuwenhuis

As an amateur cyclist, Peter Nieuwenhuis competed both on track and road, but was more succesful in the former. Initially more of a sprinter, he placed 3rd in the national championships in the 1 km time trial on two occasions (1970, 1973) but gradually switched to the pursuit. As a member of the team pursuit, he won bronze at the 1973 World Championships, with Gerrie Fens, Herman Ponsteen and Roy Schuiten. Individually he also raced the pursuit, placing on the podium at the Dutch Championships in 1974 and 1976. In the latter year, Nieuwenhuis qualified for the Montréal Olympics in the team pursuit. The Dutch squad were eliminated in the quarter-finals by East Germany.

Upon his retirement, Nieuwenhuis became a coach, serving as the Dutch national track coach from 1978 to 1987. He then focused on sports administration for the Dutch cycling federation, first in the province of Friesland, and eventually as director (1997-2010). Afterwards he also served as director for the Dutch archery federation. Nieuwenhuis married fellow cyclist Minie Brinkhoff, the 1972 and 1974 Dutch champion in the track sprint, and bronze medallist in the road race at the 1977 World Championships. Their son, Rink, was a Dutch junior champion in the individual pursuit in 1990.