The Men's keirin at the European Track Championships was first competed in 2010 in Poland.
The Keirin consists of heats in which the first two or three riders advance until the final.
The Men's keirin at the European Track Championships was first competed in 2010 in Poland.
The Keirin consists of heats in which the first two or three riders advance until the final.
Keirin – literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gambling purposes and became an official event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Anna Maree Devenish Meares is an Australian retired track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters at the Adelaide Super-Drome.
Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy MBE is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Teunis ("Teun") Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing 10th at the individual sprint, 6th at the team sprint and 11th at the 1 km time trial, while he was eliminated in the first repechage round of the keirin competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's keirin.
David Daniell is an English competitive cyclist, specialising in track sprinting. A member of the British Cycling Olympic Academy, he is a Junior World Team Sprint Champion for the second year running.
Sandie Clair is a French professional racing cyclist and bobsledder. She won her first title in 2005 in the national junior sprint championship. It qualified her for the European junior championship in Fiorenzuola, where she won the sprint and rode the keirin and 500m time trial. She came third in the junior world 500m championship a month later.
Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang is a Malaysian professional track cyclist. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and the only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics.
Shane Perkins is an Australian and Russian professional track cyclist.
Sam Webster is a former New Zealand track cyclist. He was the sprint, keirin and team sprint World Champion at the 2009 Junior World Championships and New Zealand national track cycling champion. He won gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the individual sprint and the team sprint.
Hersony Gadiel Canelón Vera is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside César Marcano and Andris Hernández in the Men's Track Team Sprint, and won a gold in 2010. He competed in men's track cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Games in Rio.
Rebecca Angharad James is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling. James was the 2013 world sprint and keirin champion. She is a 2016 Rio Olympics double silver medalist.
Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev is a Russian track cyclist. Specialising in the sprint events, Dmitriev's best result in international sports was winning a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he succeeded to the bronze medal race in sprint, winning the medal. Dmitriev is a four-time European Champion at senior level in the Sprint event for men, and the most successful sprint cyclist in the competitions's history.
The Women's keirin at the European Track Championships was first competed in 2010 in Poland.
Sarah Lee Wai-sze, BBS, MH is a former Hong Kong professional track cyclist.
Monique Sullivan is a Canadian cyclist. She was born in Calgary, Alberta. She competed in keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she placed sixth. She also competed in women's sprint and placed 11th.
Daniela Grelui Larreal Chirinos is a Venezuelan track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's team sprint for the national team as well as the women's individual sprint and the keirin.
Natasha Hansen is a New Zealand track cyclist who has represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Hansen competed at the 2018 Gold Coast games and won two silver medals in the sprint & team sprint, and a bronze in the keirin.
Rigardus Antonius "Rigard" van Klooster is a former Dutch track racing cyclist and speed skater.
The Men's keirin at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 27. 21 cyclists participated in the contest. After the four qualifying heats, the fastest rider in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that had not advanced to the second round, raced in four repechage heats. The first two riders in each heat advanced to the second round along with the four that qualified before.
The Women's keirin at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2014. 21 cyclists participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest rider in each heat advanced to the second round. The remaining riders then raced in 4 repechage heats, with the first 2 riders in each heat advancing to the second round along with the 4 that qualified before.
