Harrie Lavreysen

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Harrie Lavreysen
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships 052.jpg
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
Discipline Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 501
World Championships 1630
European Championships 1422
European Games 210
Total3763
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Tokyo Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Paris Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Paris Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo Keirin
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Pruszków Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Pruszków Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Berlin Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Berlin Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Berlin Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Roubaix Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Roubaix Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Roubaix Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Glasgow Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Ballerup 1 km time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Ballerup Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Hong Kong Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Hong Kong Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team sprint
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Minsk Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Minsk Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Minsk Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Apeldoorn Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Grenchen Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Grenchen Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Munich Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Grenchen Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Grenchen Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Grenchen Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Apeldoorn Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Apeldoorn Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Heusden-Zolder Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Heusden-Zolder Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Apeldoorn Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Heusden-Zolder Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Berlin Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Glasgow Sprint

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 14 European Track Championship titles.

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

Major championship results

Event201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games SprintNot held 1 Not held 1 NH
Team sprint 1 1
Keirin 3 1
Jersey rainbow.svg 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
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Championships Sprint— 3 2 — 1 — 1 1 1
Team sprint 3 1 1 — 1 1 1 1 2
Keirin 7 5 1 — 6 — 1 1 1

Major results

2017
2nd 2017 World Championship – Sprint
2nd 2017 World Championship – Team Sprint
3rd 2017 European Championship – Team Sprint
7th 2017 European Championship – Keirin
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2017 Netherlands National Championship – 1 km Time Trial
2nd 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
2nd 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
5th overall 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint [3]
1st Pruszków Team Sprint
1st Manchester Sprint
1st Milton Keirin
2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2018 World Championship – Team Sprint
6th 2018 World Championship – Keirin
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2018 European Championship – Team Sprint
3rd 2018 European Championship – Sprint
5th 2018 European Championship – Keirin
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
2nd 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
3rd 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
4th overall 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint [4]
1st Milton Team Sprint
1st Berlin Team Sprint
1st London Sprint
1st London Team Sprint
2nd Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sprint
2nd Milton Sprint
2019
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2019 World Championship – Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2019 World Championship – Team Sprint
1st 2019 European Games – Keirin
1st 2019 European Games – Team Sprint
2nd 2019 European Games – Sprint
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2019 European Championship – Keirin
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2019 European Championship – Team Sprint
2nd 2019 European Championship – Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2019 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
3rd 2019 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
2nd overall 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint [5]
1st Minsk Sprint
1st Minsk Keirin
1st Minsk Team Sprint
1st Glasgow Sprint
1st Glasgow Team Sprint
1st Hong Kong Sprint
1st Hong Kong Team Sprint
4th Hong Kong Keirin
2020
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2020 World Championship – Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2020 World Championship – Keirin
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2020 World Championship – Team Sprint
2021
1st Gold medal olympic.svg 2020 Olympic Event – Sprint
1st Gold medal olympic.svg 2020 Olympic Event – Team Sprint
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg 2020 Olympic Event – Keirin
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2021 World Championship – Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2021 World Championship – Keirin
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2021 World Championship – Team Sprint
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2021 European Championship – Sprint
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2021 European Championship – Team Sprint
6th 2021 European Championship – Keirin
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2021 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2021 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
1st overall Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 2021 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
1st Palma Sprint
1st Panevėžys Keirin
1st Panevėžys Sprint
1st London 1 Sprint
1st London 2 Sprint
2nd Palma Keirin
4th London 1 Keirin
2nd London 2 Keirin
2022
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2022 World Championship – Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2022 World Championship – Keirin
2nd 2022 World Championship – Team Sprint
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2022 European Championship - Team Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2022 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2022 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
2nd overall 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
1st Palma Keirin
1st Berlin Keirin
1st Paris Sprint
1st London 1 Sprint
1st London 2 Sprint
2nd Palma Sprint
2nd Berlin Sprint
2nd Paris Keirin
2nd London 2 Keirin
4th London 1 Keirin
1st overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
1st Glasgow Sprint
2nd Cali Sprint
3rd overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Keirin
1st Glasgow Keirin
3rd overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Team Sprint
3rd Glasgow Team Sprint
1st Cairo Team Sprint
2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
2023
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2023 World Championship – Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2023 World Championship – Team Sprint
4th 2023 World Championship – Keirin
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2023 European Championship – Sprint
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2023 European Championship – Keirin
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2023 European Championship – Team Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2023 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2023 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2023 Netherlands National Championship – 1 km Time Trial
1st overall Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 2023 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
1st Palma Keirin
1st Palma Sprint
1st Berlin Keirin
1st Berlin Sprint
1st Paris Keirin
1st London 1 Sprint
1st London 2 Keirin
2nd Paris Sprint
2nd London 1 Keirin
2nd London 2 Sprint
2nd overall 2023 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
1st Jakarta Sprint
1st Jakarta Keirin
1st Cairo Sprint
1st Cairo Team Sprint
2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
2024
1st Gold medal olympic.svg 2024 Olympic Event – Sprint
1st Gold medal olympic.svg 2024 Olympic Event – Keirin
1st Gold medal olympic.svg 2024 Olympic Event – Team Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2024 World Championship – Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2024 World Championship – 1 km Time Trial
1st Jersey rainbow.svg 2024 World Championship – Team Sprint
8th 2024 World Championship – Keirin
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2024 European Championship – Sprint
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2024 European Championship – Keirin
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2024 European Championship – Team Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2024 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
1st MaillotHolanda.svg 2024 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
1st overall Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders.svg 2024 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
1st Apeldoorn 1 Sprint
1st Apeldoorn 2 Sprint
1st London 1 Sprint
1st London 1 Keirin
1st London 2 Sprint
2nd Paris Sprint
2nd Paris Keirin
2nd Apeldoorn 1 Keirin
3rd Apeldoorn 2 Keirin
5th overall 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
1st Milton Sprint
1st Milton Keirin
1st Milton Team Sprint
2025
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2025 European Championship – Sprint
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg 2025 European Championship – Keirin
2nd 2025 European Championship – Team Sprint

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Competition mainly held in 2017. Only the last race in January 2018.
  4. ↑ Competition mainly held in 2018. Two of the four rounds in January 2019.
  5. ↑ Competition mainly held in 2019. Only the last race in January 2020.
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