Laurine van Riessen (born 10 August 1987) is a Dutch long track
speed skater and
track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team . She competed for the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
at the
2010 Winter Olympics in
Vancouver
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in the 500, 1000, and 1500 metres and won the bronze medal in the
1000 metres. In 2015, she switched to
track cycling and won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the
2015 UEC European Track Championships
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in Grenchen, Switzerland.
Van Riessen competed for the
Netherlands
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in track cycling at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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. In 2017, she rode for the British team
Matrix Pro Cycling.
On 4 September 2018 she joined .
Major results
;2015
:National Track Championships
::1st 500m time trial
::1st Individual sprint
::1st Keirin
: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
: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
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1987 births
Dutch female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for the Netherlands
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Leiden
Speed skaters from South Holland
Living people
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
European Games competitors for the Netherlands
Cyclists from South Holland
21st-century Dutch sportswomen
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