Lieke Klaus (born October 28, 1989, in Wijchen, Gelderland) is a Dutch BMX racer. [1]
Klaus reached her first podium spot at a BMX World Cup meeting in 2007 when she won the bronze medal in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [1] In 2008, she reached the quarter-final at the World Championships in Taiyuan and she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [1]
During the 2011 UCI World Championships of BMX in Copenhagen, Denmark, Lieke reached a 14th place in the Elite Women Time-Trial Superfinal and reached a 4th place in the Elite Women Challenge competition.
These results moved Klaus to rank 40 in the world, according to Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
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