![]() Verschueren in 2015 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Kortrijk, Belgium | 7 May 1990
Died | 2 July 2021 | (aged 31)
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Cyclo-cross |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2015–2017 | Young Telenet Fidea |
2017–2018 | Pauwels Sauzen–Vastgoedservice |
2019–2021 | Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal |
Jolien Verschueren (7 May 1990 – 2 July 2021) was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist, who rode for UCI Cyclo-cross team Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal. [1] She represented her nation in the women's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. [2] [3]
Verschueren combined her cycling career with working as a schoolteacher. [4] She won the Koppenbergcross in 2015 and repeated this at the 2016 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Koppenbergcross 2016, besting world champion Thalita de Jong. [5] On 12 April 2018, it was announced that earlier that week Verschueren was operated on to remove a malignant brain tumor. [6] Verschueren tried a comeback in 2019 and 2020 but her health did not allow for good results. Her last race was the 2020 edition of the Koppenbergcross. [4] Verschueren died of brain cancer on 2 July 2021. [7] In October 2021 the organisers of the Koppenbergcross announced that the women's edition of the race would be known as the Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren in her memory. [4]
![]() Verschueren in 2015 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Kortrijk, Belgium | 7 May 1990
Died | 2 July 2021 | (aged 31)
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Cyclo-cross |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2015–2017 | Young Telenet Fidea |
2017–2018 | Pauwels Sauzen–Vastgoedservice |
2019–2021 | Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal |
Jolien Verschueren (7 May 1990 – 2 July 2021) was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist, who rode for UCI Cyclo-cross team Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal. [1] She represented her nation in the women's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. [2] [3]
Verschueren combined her cycling career with working as a schoolteacher. [4] She won the Koppenbergcross in 2015 and repeated this at the 2016 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Koppenbergcross 2016, besting world champion Thalita de Jong. [5] On 12 April 2018, it was announced that earlier that week Verschueren was operated on to remove a malignant brain tumor. [6] Verschueren tried a comeback in 2019 and 2020 but her health did not allow for good results. Her last race was the 2020 edition of the Koppenbergcross. [4] Verschueren died of brain cancer on 2 July 2021. [7] In October 2021 the organisers of the Koppenbergcross announced that the women's edition of the race would be known as the Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren in her memory. [4]