Tijmen van Loon

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Tijmen van Loon
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships 053.jpg
Van Loon in 2024
Personal information
Born (2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 23)
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Team information
Current team BEAT Cycling Club
Discipline Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional team
2022– BEAT Cycling [1]
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Grenchen Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Apeldoorn Team sprint

Tijmen van Loon (born 20 March 2001) is a Dutch track cyclist, who competes in sprinting events. [2] [3]

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Van Loon became the European Champion in the sprint event at the 2022 UEC European Under-23 Track Championships. He also competed at the 2022 UEC European Track Championships in the sprint event where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. [4]

Van Loon studies political science at the Radboud University Nijmegen. [4]

Major results

2018
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Sprint, National Junior Championships
2019
2nd Team sprint, National Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team sprint, UEC European Junior Championships
2021
National Championships
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Kilometer
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Team sprint
3rd Keirin
3rd Sprint
2022
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Sprint, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Kilometer, National Championships
UCI Nations Cup
1st Team sprint, Milton
3rd Team sprint, Glasgow
2023
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team sprint, UEC European Championships

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References

  1. "Eerste Team". beatcycling.cc. BEAT Cycling Club . Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. "Amstelvener Tijmen van Loon wint goud op EK Baanwielrennen". amstelveensnieuwsblad.nl (in Dutch). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. "Van Loon blij verrast met goud op kilometer". Cycling Online (in Dutch). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Bij absentie Lavreysen en Hoogland houdt Van Loon Oranje-eer hoog op sprint". NOS (in Dutch). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.