Laurine van Riessen

Laurine van Riessen

Van Riessen in 2016
Personal information
Born (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987
Leiden, Netherlands
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Track cycling
Turned pro 2006

Laurine van Riessen (born 10 August 1987) is a long track speed skater and cyclist. 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.[1] 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 is competing for the Netherlands in track cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

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