Laurine van Riessen
Laurine van Riessen (born 10 August 1987) is a long track speed skater and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling.[2] She competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the 500, 1000, and 1500 metres and won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres.[3] In 2015, she switched to track cycling and won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland.
 Van Riessen in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Laurine van Riessen |
| Born | 10 August 1987 Leiden, Netherlands |
| Cycling career | |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | BEAT Cycling |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017 | Matrix Pro Cycling |
| 2018– | BEAT Cycling Club[1] |
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Medal record
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Van Riessen competed for the Netherlands in track cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4] In 2017, she rode for the British team Matrix Pro Cycling.[5] On 4 September 2018 she joined BEAT Cycling Club.
Major results
- 2015
- National Track Championships
- 1st
500m time trial - 1st Individual sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st
- US Grand Prix of Sprinting
- 1st 500m time trial
- 2nd Individual sprint
- Independence Day Grand Prix
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 3rd 500m Time Trial
- Grand Prix of Colorado Springs
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint (with Yesna Rijkhoff)
- Vic Williams Memorial Grand Prix
- 1st 500m time trial
- 2nd Individual sprint
- 2nd Keirin, Internationale Radsport Meeting
- 3rd European Track Championships (Team sprint)
- 2016
- Milton International Challenge
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 1st 500m Time Trial
- National Track Championships
- 1st Individual sprint
- 3rd Keirin
- 1st
- Apeldoorn Track Championships
- 2nd Team sprint
- 3rd Individual sprint
- 3rd Grenchen Track Cycling Challenge (Individual sprint)
- 3rd Sprint, Dudenhofen
- 3rd Sprint, Öschelbronn
- 2017
- Belgian International Track Meeting
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- Dublin International
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 3rd Keirin, Six Days of Rotterdam
- 3rd Sprint, Öschelbronn
- 2018
- 1st Keirin, Worldcup Track Cycling Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines
References
- "BEAT Cycling Club". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "BEAT Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- CTV profile
- Laurine van Riessen - athlete profile
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