Eddy lejeune biography

Eddy Lejeune, is a Belgian former International motorcycle trials rider and 1982, 19FIM Trial World Championship title holder.
Eddy Lejeune was born in a village near Liège, Belgium, on April 4, 1961, in the bosom of a family closely linked to the world of Trial.
Eddy Lejeune est un pilote belge de moto pratiquant la discipline du trial, né le 4 avril 1961 à Verviers en Belgique.

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Eddy Lejeune

Eddy Lejeune est un pilote belge de moto pratiquant la discipline du trial, né le à Verviers en Belgique. Il remporte notamment trois titres de champion du monde, en 1982, 1983 et 1984^[1] et sept titres de champion de Belgique de 1980 à 1986.

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Eddy Lejeune a suivi les traces de son frère aîné Jean Marie Lejeune qui a été champion de Belgique de trial en 1974, 1977 et 1978. Il commence comme débutant sur une Honda et, après avoir impressionné au niveau des jeunes, il signe comme pilote d'usine chez Honda. en 1979 à l'âge de 17 ans^[2].

En 1980, il remporte son premier titre belge et se classe 4e au Championnat du Monde FIM de Trial, remportant sa première manche de championnat du monde à domicile lors de la manche belge. 1981 est un autre titre belge et un autre 4e place au championnat du monde pour le jeune belge.

Eddy Lejeune s'adjuge le championnat du monde en 1982 en remportant 8 victoires et 3 podiums tout au long de la saison, conservant également son titre belge. Il conserve son titre aux niveaux mondial et

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Eddy Lejeune

Belgian motorcycle racer

Eddy Lejeune
Lejeune at the 1981 Sant Llorenç Trial.
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1961-04-04) 4 April 1961 (age 63) Verviers, Belgium
Current team	Retired

Eddy Lejeune (born 4 April 1961), is a Belgian former International motorcycle trials rider and 1982, 1983 and 1984 FIM Trial World Championship title holder. Lejeune was also a seven-time Belgian Trials National Champion.^[1]

Biography

Born in Verviers, Belgium, Lejeune followed in the footsteps of his elder brother Jean Marie Lejeune who was Belgian Trials Champion in 1974, 1977 and 1978. He began as a schoolboy riding a Honda and after impressing at youth level was signed by the Honda Factory in 1979 at the age of 16.^[2]

In 1980, Lejeune won his first Belgian title and placed 4th in the FIM Trial World Championship, winning his first world championship trial on home ground at the Belgian round. 1981 was another Belgian title and another 4th in the World Championship for the young Belgian. Lejeune ran away with the World

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Eddie LeJeune

These photographs taken during a 1999 performance in the Liberty Theater show the intensity with which Eddie LeJeune sang and played. As he explained in an interview with Dan Willging, "I am really pushing from the heart when I sing."

Eddie LeJeune died January 9, 2001. He suffered an apparent heart attack while working at a construction site near Eunice. He had been scheduled to perform January 13 at the Liberty Theater. Because his father, Iry LeJeune, died at a very young age, it is especially sad that the son's voice now has also been silenced much too soon.

Click here for a wonderful tribute from the British Cajun band ZigaZag!, including photos, obituaries, interviews (with audio) and an account of the 2001 Eddie LeJeune Benefit held in London, plus unreleased music clips of Eddie LeJeune recorded in Morse in 2000 and a new song, "Playing at the Ball in Heaven," written by Phil Underwood and recorded in England in 2001.

Eddie LeJeune was born in 1951 when his father, the legendary Iry LeJeune, was already a celebrate