Connie Meijer (5 February 1963 – 17 August 1988) was a Dutch cyclist who won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1987 UCI Road World Championships. She won a national title in this event in 1984, as well as individual stages of the Tour of Norway in 1987 and 1988. On 17 August 1988, while competing in a criterium in Naaldwijk, she complained of severe nausea and died on the way to the hospital. Initial reports stated that she died of a brain hemorrhage. However, later reports stated that she died of a heart attack, likely caused by a neglected flu. In her memory, the Connie Meijer Trofee was created, for which women compete in

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(Meijer herself won this race in 1988).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meijer, Connie 1963 births 1988 deaths Dutch female cyclists People from Vlaardingen UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from South Holland 20th-century Dutch women