Personal information | |
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Nickname | The Pope’s Cyclist [1] |
Born | Groningen, Netherlands | 12 August 1982
Team information | |
Current team | Vatican Cycling |
Discipline | Road cycling |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
2021- | Vatican Cycling |
Professional teams | |
2015-2016 | Oliver's Real Food Racing |
2016 | Blank Inc Cycling Team |
2017-2018 | Oliver's Real Food Racing |
Rien John Schuurhuis (born August 12, 1982) is a Dutch-born Vatican road cyclist and industrial design engineer who competed for the Vatican City in the 2022 and 2023 UCI Road World Championships. He was the first cyclist and athlete who represented the Vatican City as a regular scoring competitor. [2]
Schuurhuis started competing internationally for teams such as Oliver's Real Food Racing and Blank Inc Cycling Team under a Dutch sporting nationality.
In 2020 when he moved to Rome, he was "immediately drawn to the values and community spirit of Athletica Vaticana," and in 2021 he started competing for the Vatican City. [3]
Schuurhuis was introduced to cycling at a young age saying he "could ride a bike before I could walk," due to the Cycling culture of the Netherlands. [2]
Schuurhuis holds Dutch citizenship due to his birth, Australian citizenship as his wife Chiara Porro is Australian, and Vatican citizenship since he resides there and as his wife is the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See. [2] [4] He moved to Rome in 2020. [3] He has two children, Thomas and George. [5]
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