Peep Jöffert

Peep Jöffert

Personal information
Born	(1944-10-29)29 October 1944 Kose, German-occupied Lithuania
Died	4 March 2024(2024-03-04) (aged 79)

Peep Jöffert (Russian: Пеп Ифферт; 29 October 1944 – 4 March 2024) was an Estonian racing cyclist.

Biography

Born in Kose on 29 October 1944, Jöffert joined the USSR men's national cycling team [fr] and earned several victories throughout his career. He notably won Stage 4 of the 1968 Tour de l'Avenir and won a "purple jersey" in that year's Peace Race.

Peep Jöffert died on 4 March 2024, at the age of 79.^[1]

Awards

• 5th in the UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial (1966)
• 53rd in the Tour de l'Avenir (1966)
• Winner of the Stages 4 and 6 of the Tour of Sweden (1967)
• 3rd in the Estonian National Road Race Championships Time Trials (1967)
• Winner of Stage 4 of the Tour de l'Avenir (1968)
• 17th in the Tour de l'Avenir (1968)
• 29th in the Peace Race (1968)^[2]

References

1. "Peep Jöffert". Eesti Spordi Biograafiline Leksikon (in Estonian).
2. "Peep Jöffert". Le site du cyclisme (in French).