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Jörg van Ommen

イェルク・ファン・オンメン　/　いぇるく・ふぁん・おんめん

Racing driver from Germany

September 27, 1962 (age 63)　・　Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia
racing driver
racing automobile driver

My Take

Van Ommen is the sort of racing driver I instinctively root for. Driving for Mercedes-AMG in the DTM and finishing runner-up in 1995 in a C-Class means he was genuinely elite, just shy of the title, and there is something more human about the man who fought to the edge of winning than the one who simply won. Coming from the Hahne racing family adds a layer of lineage and pressure I find compelling. With no photos and little detail surviving, his story invites imagination, and I picture a determined, balanced competitor who deserved more spotlight than history gave him.

Overview

Jörg van Ommen (born 27 September 1962 in Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former racing driver. He drove for Mercedes-AMG in the DTM in 1995 and 1996, finishing in second place in 1995 in a Mercedes C-Class. He also is the nephew of Hubert Hahne and Armin Hahne.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jörg van Ommen
Name (Japanese): イェルク・ファン・オンメン
Reading: いぇるく・ふぁん・おんめん
Born: September 27, 1962 (age 63)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Tiger
Origin: Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: racing driver / racing automobile driver

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3

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