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Dutch cyclist (born 1994)
Elis Ligtlee
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/2015_UEC_Track_Elite_European_Championships_53.JPG/220px-2015_UEC_Track_Elite_European_Championships_53.JPG) Ligtlee in 2015 |
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Born | (1994-06-28) 28 June 1994 (age 30)
Deventer, the Netherlands |
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Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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Discipline |
Track cycling |
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Rider type |
Sprinter |
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Elis Ligtlee (born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch
track cyclist. She represented her nation at the
2014 and
2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
[2] She won the gold medal in the
keirin race at the
2016 Summer Olympics.
[3] Following her Olympic victory, Ligtlee was officially inducted to the
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
[4]
- 2013
- Revolution
- 1st Sprint – Round 2, Glasgow
- 2nd Keirin – Round 2, Glasgow
- UEC European U23 Track Championships
- 1st
Team Sprint (with
Shanne Braspennincx)
- 1st
500m Time Trial
- 3rd Sprint
- Grand Prix Sprint Apeldoorn
- 2nd Sprint
- 3rd Keirin
- 2014
- 1st Sprint, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester
- 1st Sprint, Champions of Sprint
- Festival of Speed
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
- 1st Keirin
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Team Sprint (with
Shanne Braspennincx)
- UEC European U23 Track Championships
- 1st
Keirin
- 2nd
Sprint
- 2nd
Team Sprint (with
Yesna Rijkhoff)
- 3rd
500m Time Trial
- UEC European Track Championships
- 2nd 500m Time Trial
- 3rd Team Sprint (with
Shanne Braspennincx)
- 2nd Sprint, US Sprint GP
- 2nd Team Sprint, Cottbuser Nächte (with
Shanne Braspennincx)
- 2nd Sprint, Track-Cycling Challenge Grenchen
- Sprintermeeting
- 2nd Sprint
- 3rd Keirin
- 2015
- UEC European Track Championships
- 1st
Keirin
- 1st
Sprint
- 2nd
500m Time Trial
- 3rd
Team Sprint (with
Laurine van Riessen)
- 1st Sprint, US Sprint GP
- 1st Sprint, Festival of Speed
- 2nd Sprint, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
- UEC European U23 Track Championships
- 2nd
Sprint
- 2nd
500m Time Trial
- 3rd
Keirin
- 3rd
Team Sprint (with
Kyra Lamberink)
- 3rd Keirin, Fastest Man on Wheels
- 2016
- 1st
Keirin, Olympic Games
- UEC European U23 Track Championships
- 1st
Keirin
- 1st
Sprint
- 1st
Team Sprint (with
Kyra Lamberink)
- 1st
500m Time Trial
- 1st Keirin, Oberhausen
- 1st Sprint, Öschelbronn
- 1st Sprint, Dudenhofen
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3rd Sprint, UCI World Track Cycling Championships
- 2017
- 2nd Sprint, Belgian International Track Meeting
- 3rd Sprint, Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi
- 3rd Keirin, Troféu Internacional de Anadia