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Laurine van Riessen

1987 - Today

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Laurine van Riessen (born 10 August 1987) is a Dutch long track speed skater and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling Club. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Laurine van Riessen is the 368th most popular skater (up from 404th in 2024), the 1,485th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,553rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Dutch Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Laurine van Riessen ranks 372 out of 483Before her are Elvis Stojko, Laura Lepistö, Cathy Turner, Svetlana Vysokova, Chris Witty, Sui Wenjing, Nao Kodaira, Zhang Dan, Mark Tuitert, and Davide Ghiotto. After her are Lee Jung-su, and Casey FitzRandolph.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Laurine van Riessen ranks 937Before her are Kasia Moś, Susi Kentikian, Rafael Capote, Naoyuki Fujita, Carey Price, and Hassan Maatouk. After her are Abdalaati Iguider, Dree Hemingway, Rok Štraus, Jan Šimůnek, Artem Novikov, and Radosław Wojtaszek.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Laurine van Riessen ranks 1,488 out of 1,646Before her are Theo Lucius (1976), Ruud Vormer (1988), Jens Toornstra (1989), Mark Tuitert (1980), Robin de Kruijf (1991), Koen Bouwman (1993), Sharon van Rouwendaal (1993), and Jaïro Riedewald (1996). After her are Femke Dekker (1979), Kirsten van der Kolk (1975), Jan Paul van Hecke (2000), and Perr Schuurs (1999).

Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Laurine van Riessen ranks 30Before her are Jochem Uytdehaage (1976), Koen Verweij (1990), Jan Ykema (1963), Carlijn Achtereekte (1990), Carien Kleibeuker (1978), and Mark Tuitert (1980). After her are Gretha Smit (1976), Stefan Groothuis (1981), Irene Schouten (1992), Jorrit Bergsma (1986), Renate Groenewold (1976), and Jorien ter Mors (1989).