Harrie Lavreysen
Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team sprint and the keirin titles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] He has won 16 World Championship titles, including six titles in the team sprint (2018–2021, 2023-2024), six consecutive titles in the individual sprint (2019–2024), three in the keirin (2020–2022), as well as one (2024) in the 1km time trial, making him the most successful track cyclist at World Championships of all time. His international debut was at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint event.[2] He has since won 14 European Track Championship titles.
Formerly a BMX rider, he is nicknamed "The Beast".[1]
Major championship results
| Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | Sprint | Not held | 1 | Not held | 1 | NH | |||||
| Team sprint | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Keirin | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| World Championships | Sprint | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Team sprint | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Keirin | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||
| European Championships | Sprint | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team sprint | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Keirin | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Major results
- 2015
- 1st 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
- 2016
- 2nd 2016 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 2nd 2016 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
- 3rd 2016 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
- 2017
- 2nd 2017 World Championship – Sprint
- 2nd 2017 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 3rd 2017 European Championship – Team Sprint
- 7th 2017 European Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2017 Netherlands National Championship – 1 km Time Trial
- 2nd 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 2nd 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
- 5th overall 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint[3]
- 1st Pruszków Team Sprint
- 1st Manchester Sprint
- 1st Milton Keirin
- 2018
- 1st 2018 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 6th 2018 World Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2018 European Championship – Team Sprint
- 3rd 2018 European Championship – Sprint
- 5th 2018 European Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
- 2nd 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
- 3rd 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 4th overall 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint[4]
- 1st Milton Team Sprint
- 1st Berlin Team Sprint
- 1st London Sprint
- 1st London Team Sprint
- 2nd Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sprint
- 2nd Milton Sprint
- 2019
- 1st 2019 World Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2019 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 1st 2019 European Games – Keirin
- 1st 2019 European Games – Team Sprint
- 2nd 2019 European Games – Sprint
- 1st 2019 European Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2019 European Championship – Team Sprint
- 2nd 2019 European Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2019 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
- 3rd 2019 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 2nd overall 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint[5]
- 1st Minsk Sprint
- 1st Minsk Keirin
- 1st Minsk Team Sprint
- 1st Glasgow Sprint
- 1st Glasgow Team Sprint
- 1st Hong Kong Sprint
- 1st Hong Kong Team Sprint
- 4th Hong Kong Keirin
- 2020
- 1st 2020 World Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2020 World Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2020 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 2021
- 1st 2020 Olympic Event – Sprint
- 1st 2020 Olympic Event – Team Sprint
- 3rd 2020 Olympic Event – Keirin
- 1st 2021 World Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2021 World Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2021 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 1st 2021 European Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2021 European Championship – Team Sprint
- 6th 2021 European Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2021 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2021 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
- 1st overall 2021 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Palma Sprint
- 1st Panevėžys Keirin
- 1st Panevėžys Sprint
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 2 Sprint
- 2nd Palma Keirin
- 4th London 1 Keirin
- 2nd London 2 Keirin
- 2022
- 1st 2022 World Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2022 World Championship – Keirin
- 2nd 2022 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 1st 2022 European Championship - Team Sprint
- 1st 2022 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2022 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
- 2nd overall 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Palma Keirin
- 1st Berlin Keirin
- 1st Paris Sprint
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 2 Sprint
- 2nd Palma Sprint
- 2nd Berlin Sprint
- 2nd Paris Keirin
- 2nd London 2 Keirin
- 4th London 1 Keirin
- 1st overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
- 1st Glasgow Sprint
- 2nd Cali Sprint
- 3rd overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Keirin
- 1st Glasgow Keirin
- 3rd overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Team Sprint
- 3rd Glasgow Team Sprint
- 1st Cairo Team Sprint
- 2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
- 2023
- 1st 2023 World Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2023 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 4th 2023 World Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2023 European Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2023 European Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2023 European Championship – Team Sprint
- 1st 2023 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2023 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2023 Netherlands National Championship – 1 km Time Trial
- 1st overall 2023 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Palma Keirin
- 1st Palma Sprint
- 1st Berlin Keirin
- 1st Berlin Sprint
- 1st Paris Keirin
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 2 Keirin
- 2nd Paris Sprint
- 2nd London 1 Keirin
- 2nd London 2 Sprint
- 2nd overall 2023 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
- 1st Jakarta Sprint
- 1st Jakarta Keirin
- 1st Cairo Sprint
- 1st Cairo Team Sprint
- 2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
- 2024
- 1st 2024 Olympic Event – Sprint
- 1st 2024 Olympic Event – Keirin
- 1st 2024 Olympic Event – Team Sprint
- 1st 2024 World Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2024 World Championship – 1 km Time Trial
- 1st 2024 World Championship – Team Sprint
- 8th 2024 World Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2024 European Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2024 European Championship – Keirin
- 1st 2024 European Championship – Team Sprint
- 1st 2024 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
- 1st 2024 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
- 1st overall 2024 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Apeldoorn 1 Sprint
- 1st Apeldoorn 2 Sprint
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 1 Keirin
- 1st London 2 Sprint
- 2nd Paris Sprint
- 2nd Paris Keirin
- 2nd Apeldoorn 1 Keirin
- 3rd Apeldoorn 2 Keirin
- 5th overall 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
- 1st Milton Sprint
- 1st Milton Keirin
- 1st Milton Team Sprint
See also
- List of European records in track cycling
- List of World Championship medalists in men's keirin
- List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint
- List of Track Cycling Nations Cup medalists
References
- ^ a b Herman, Martyn; De Clercq, Geert (11 August 2024). "Cyclist Lavreysen makes light work of golden sweep". Reuters. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Results 2016 UEC European Track Championships" (PDF). europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Competition mainly held in 2017. Only the last race in January 2018.
- ^ Competition mainly held in 2018. Two of the four rounds in January 2019.
- ^ Competition mainly held in 2019. Only the last race in January 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harrie Lavreysen.
- Official website
- Harrie Lavreysen at Cycling Archives
- Harrie Lavreysen at CycleBase
- Harrie Lavreysen at Olympics.com
- Harrie Lavreysen at NOC*NSF (in Dutch)
- Harrie Lavreysen at Olympedia
- Harrie Lavreysen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)