Local Hero

In 1921 Mazairac became national champion for the amateur sprinters for the first time. He also came second in the championship over 30 km, at which distance he won the title a year later. The Netherlands had many great sprinters in the twenties and Mazairac played a full part in the amateurs. He also won the title in 1925, 1927 and 1929. In the intervening years he was second. In 1923 he was sent to a world championship for the first time. Behind the Frenchman Michard he finished second, as he did two years later in Amsterdam, now behind his compatriot Jaap Meyer.