Laurine van Riessen (born 10 August 1987) is a Dutch long track speed skater and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team . 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 .
Major results
2015
National Track Championships
:1st 500m time trial
:1st Individual sprint
:1st Keirin
US Grand Prix of Sprinting
:1st 500m time trial
:2nd Individual sprint
Independence Day Grand Prix
:1st Keirin
:1st Sprint
:3rd 500m Time Trial
Grand Prix of Colorado Springs
:1st Keirin
:1st Sprint
:1st Team Sprint (with Yesna Rijkhoff)
Vic Williams Memorial Grand Prix
:1st 500m time trial
:2nd Individual sprint
2nd Keirin, Internationale Radsport Meeting
3rd European Track Championships (Team sprint)
2016
Milton International Challenge
:1st Keirin
:1st Sprint
:1st 500m Time Trial
National Track Championships
:1st Individual sprint
:3rd Keirin
Apeldoorn Track Championships
:2nd Team sprint
:3rd Individual sprint
3rd Grenchen Track Cycling Challenge (Individual sprint)
3rd Sprint, Dudenhofen
3rd Sprint, ÃÂschelbronn
2017
Belgian International Track Meeting
:1st Sprint
:1st Keirin
Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi
:1st Sprint
:1st Keirin
Dublin International
:1st Sprint
:1st Keirin
3rd Keirin, Six Days of Rotterdam
3rd Sprint, ÃÂschelbronn
2018
1st Keirin, Worldcup Track Cycling Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines
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