title: Jan van Eijden
text: # Jan van Eijden
  
  Jan van Eijden (born 10 August 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) 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
  