Harrie Lavreysen
Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team sprint and the keirin titles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] He has won 16 World Championship titles, including six titles in the team sprint (2018–2021, 2023-2024), six consecutive titles in the individual sprint (2019–2024), three in the keirin (2020–2022), as well as one (2024) in the 1km time trial, making him the most successful track cyclist at World Championships of all time. His international debut was at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint event.[2] He has since won 12 European Track Championship titles.
Formerly a BMX rider, he is nicknamed "The Beast".[1]
Major championship results
[edit]Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Olympic Games | Sprint | Not held | 1 | Not held | 1 | ||||
Team sprint | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Keirin | 3 | 1 | |||||||
World Championships | Sprint | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Team sprint | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Keirin | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
European Championships | Sprint | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Team sprint | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Keirin | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 |
See also
[edit]- List of European records in track cycling
- List of World Championship medalists in men's keirin
- List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint
- List of Track Cycling Nations Cup medalists
References
[edit]- ^ a b Herman, Martyn; De Clercq, Geert (11 August 2024). "Cyclist Lavreysen makes light work of golden sweep". Reuters. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Results 2016 UEC European Track Championships" (PDF). europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Harrie Lavreysen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Harrie Lavreysen at CycleBase
- Harrie Lavreysen at Olympics.com
- Harrie Lavreysen at Olympedia
- Harrie Lavreysen at NOC*NSF (in Dutch)
- Harrie Lavreysen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Dutch male cyclists
- Dutch track cyclists
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Dutch cyclists at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
- Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists in cycling
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- European Games medalists in cycling
- European Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
- European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
- People from Bergeijk
- Cyclists from North Brabant
- Olympic bronze medalists in cycling
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen