Laurine van Riessen
Van Riessen in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Laurine van Riessen |
| Born | 10 August 1987 Leiden, Netherlands |
| Cycling career | |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | BEAT Cycling Club |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017 | Matrix Pro Cycling |
| 2018– | BEAT Cycling Club |
| Sport | |
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Medal record | |
Laurine van Riessen (born 10 August 1987) is a Dutch long track speed skater and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling Club. She competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the 500, 1000, and 1500 metres and won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres. In 2015, she switched to track cycling and won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland.
Van Riessen competed for the Netherlands in track cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2017, she rode for the British team Matrix Pro Cycling. On 4 September 2018 she joined BEAT Cycling Club.