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

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at the 2010 Winter Olympics in

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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

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in Grenchen, Switzerland. Van Riessen competed for the

in track cycling at the

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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

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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 {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub