Laurine van Riessen

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

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

3rd Keirin Apeldoorn Track Championships 2nd Team sprint 3rd Individual sprint 3rd Grenchen Track Cycling Challenge (Individual sprint) 3rd Sprint, Dudenhofen 3rd Sprint, Öschelbronn

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, Öschelbronn

2018 1st Keirin, Worldcup Track Cycling Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines