Timo Fransen (born 3 June 1987) is a Dutch
Paralympic cyclist competing in tandem events for the Netherlands, serving as a sighted pilot for blind cyclist
Vincent ter Schure
Vincent ter Schure (born 24 October 1979) is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist.
Career
Ter Schure represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil together with his sighted pilot Timo Fran ...
.
Career
Ter Schure and Fransen
represented the Netherlands at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f ...
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and they won one gold medal and two silver medals.
They won the gold medal in the
men's road race B event and the silver medals in the
men's road time trial B and
men's individual pursuit B events.
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in
Emmen, Netherlands
Emmen () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands.
History
A planned city, Emmen arose from several small farming and peat-h ...
, Fransen and ter Schure won the gold medal in the time trial event. In January 2020, together with
Imke Brommer,
Larissa Klaassen and ter Schure, he won the team sprint at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and finished third in the pursuit.
References
1987 births
Living people
People from Westervoort
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic medalists in cycling
Dutch male cyclists
Paralympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists from Gelderland
21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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