What is Christiaan Petit?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Christiaan Petit |fullname = Christiaan Simon Petit |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1912|10|26|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Liege]], Belgium |death_date = {{death date and age|1984|12|26|1912|10|26|df=y}}<ref name=death>{{cite web|url= https://www.openarch.nl/rht:F624BA80-5212-6560-E044-001A4B08D326 |title= Christian Simon Petit |work= Rijckheyt, centrum voor regionale geschiedenis, Collectie bidprentjes, Heerlen, archief 352-P |via= openarch.nl |access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> |death_place = [[Heerlen]], Netherlands |height = |weight = |sport = [[Track and field athletics]] |club = |alma_mater = |show-medals = yes |medaltemplates = }} '''Christiaan Simon Petit''' was a Belgian born, Dutch [[long-distance runner]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110579526:mpeg21:a0361 |title=Bouman en Petit weer op het goede pad.|work=[[De Telegraaf]] |via=[[Delpher]]|date=20 July 1939|access-date=20 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref> ==Career== In 1934 and 1936 he won the [[Singelloop Utrecht]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001226123:mpeg21:a00152 |title=De jaarlijkse Singelloop welke te Utrecht werd gehouden, is gewonnen door dhr. Ch. Petit, een ingezetene uit Heerlen|work=[[De Limburger]] |via=[[Delpher]]|date=28 May 1934|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMHCO01:000092610:mpeg21:a0147 |title=S. Petit, de winnaar van den Utrechtschen Singelloop, op de schouders van zijn collega's |work=[[Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant]] |via=[[Delpher]]|date=4 May 1936|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> The time in 1936 was with 13 minutes and 42 seconds a new Dutch national record over 2 miles.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000149072:mpeg21:a0148 |title=Petit verbetert Nederlandsch record twee Engelse mijlen