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.

Harrie Lavreysen
Lavreysen in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27)
Luyksgestel, Netherlands
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing the  Netherlands
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 5 0 1
World Championships 16 3 0
European Championships 12 1 2
European Games 2 1 0
Total 35 5 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Keirin
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Keirin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ballerup Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ballerup 1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ballerup Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2017 Hong Kong Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2017 Hong Kong Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team sprint
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Berlin Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Sprint

Formerly a BMX rider, he is nicknamed "The Beast".[1]

Major championship results

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Herman, Martyn; De Clercq, Geert (11 August 2024). "Cyclist Lavreysen makes light work of golden sweep". Reuters. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for the Netherlands
2024 closing ceremony
With: Femke Bol
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