Harrie Lavreysen
Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team sprint and the keirin titles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] He has won 20 World Championship titles, including seven titles in the team sprint (2018–2021, 2023-2025), seven consecutive titles in the individual sprint (2019–2025), four in the keirin (2020–2022, 2025), and two (2024-2025) in the 1km time trial, making him the most successful track cyclist at World Championships of all time. His international debut was at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint event.[2] He has since won 14 European Track Championship titles.
Formerly a BMX rider, he is nicknamed "The Beast".[1]
In the UCI Track Cycling World Championships he has the record for most total gold medals (20), most gold medals in individual events (13) and most gold medals in a single edition (4 in 2025).
Major results
Major championship results
| Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | Sprint | Not held | 1 | Not held | 1 | NH | ||||
| Team sprint | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Keirin | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| World Championships | Sprint | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team sprint | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kilo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Keirin | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| European Championships | Sprint | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team sprint | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Keirin | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Track
- 2015
- 1st National Championship – Team Sprint
- 2016
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Team Sprint
- 3rd Keirin
- 2017
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Team Sprint
- UEC European Championships
- 3rd Team Sprint
- 7th Keirin
- National Track Championships
- 1st 1 km Time Trial
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Team Sprint
- 5th overall UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint[3]
- 1st Pruszków Team Sprint
- 1st Manchester Sprint
- 1st Milton Keirin
- 2018
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Team Sprint
- 6th Keirin
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Team Sprint
- 3rd Sprint
- 5th Keirin
- National Championship
- 1st Keirin
- 2nd Team Sprint
- 3rd Sprint
- 4th overall UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint[4]
- 1st Milton Team Sprint
- 1st Berlin Team Sprint
- 1st London Sprint
- 1st London Team Sprint
- 2nd Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sprint
- 2nd Milton Sprint
- 2019
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint
- European Games
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- 2nd Sprint
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- 2nd Sprint
- National Championships
- 1st Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2nd overall UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint[5]
- 1st Minsk Sprint
- 1st Minsk Keirin
- 1st Minsk Team Sprint
- 1st Glasgow Sprint
- 1st Glasgow Team Sprint
- 1st Hong Kong Sprint
- 1st Hong Kong Team Sprint
- 4th Hong Kong Keirin
- 2020
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- 2021
- Olympic Games
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint
- 3rd Keirin
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint
- 6th Keirin
- National Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st overall UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Palma Sprint
- 1st Panevėžys Keirin
- 1st Panevėžys Sprint
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 2 Sprint
- 2nd Palma Keirin
- 4th London 1 Keirin
- 2nd London 2 Keirin
- 2022
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 2nd Team Sprint
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Team Sprint
- National Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 2nd overall UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Palma Keirin
- 1st Berlin Keirin
- 1st Paris Sprint
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 2 Sprint
- 2nd Palma Sprint
- 2nd Berlin Sprint
- 2nd Paris Keirin
- 2nd London 2 Keirin
- 4th London 1 Keirin
- UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
- 1st overall Sprint General Classification
- 1st Glasgow Sprint
- 2nd Cali Sprint
- 3rd overall Keirin General Classification
- 1st Glasgow Keirin
- 3rd overall Team Sprint General Classification
- 3rd Glasgow Team Sprint
- 1st Cairo Team Sprint
- 2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
- 1st overall Sprint General Classification
- 2023
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint
- 4th Keirin
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- National Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st 1 km Time Trial
- 1st overall UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Palma Keirin
- 1st Palma Sprint
- 1st Berlin Keirin
- 1st Berlin Sprint
- 1st Paris Keirin
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 2 Keirin
- 2nd Paris Sprint
- 2nd London 1 Keirin
- 2nd London 2 Sprint
- UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
- 2nd overall Sprint General Classification
- 1st Jakarta Sprint
- 1st Jakarta Keirin
- 1st Cairo Sprint
- 1st Cairo Team Sprint
- 2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
- 2nd overall Sprint General Classification
- 2024
- Olympic Games
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st 1 km Time Trial
- 1st Team Sprint
- 8th Keirin
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- National Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st overall UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
- 1st Apeldoorn 1 Sprint
- 1st Apeldoorn 2 Sprint
- 1st London 1 Sprint
- 1st London 1 Keirin
- 1st London 2 Sprint
- 2nd Paris Sprint
- 2nd Paris Keirin
- 2nd Apeldoorn 1 Keirin
- 3rd Apeldoorn 2 Keirin
- UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
- 5th overall Sprint General Classification
- 1st Milton Sprint
- 1st Milton Keirin
- 1st Milton Team Sprint
- 5th overall Sprint General Classification
- 2025
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st 1 km Time Trial
- 1st Team Sprint
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 2nd Team Sprint
- 1st Sprint Cup Six Days of Rotterdam [6]
See also
- List of European records in track cycling
- List of World Championship medalists in men's keirin
- List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint
- List of Track Cycling Nations Cup medalists
References
- ^ a b Herman, Martyn; De Clercq, Geert (11 August 2024). "Cyclist Lavreysen makes light work of golden sweep". Reuters. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Results 2016 UEC European Track Championships" (PDF). europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Competition mainly held in 2017. Only the last race in January 2018.
- ^ Competition mainly held in 2018. Two of the four rounds in January 2019.
- ^ Competition mainly held in 2019. Only the last race in January 2020.
- ^ "Koppel Hoppezak/Dorenbos wint Wielerzesdaagse van Rotterdam, Harrie Lavreysen hengelt Sprint Cup binnen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2025-12-07. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harrie Lavreysen.
- Official website
- Harrie Lavreysen at Cycling Archives
- Harrie Lavreysen at CycleBase
- Harrie Lavreysen at Olympics.com
- Harrie Lavreysen at NOC*NSF (in Dutch)
- Harrie Lavreysen at Olympedia
- Harrie Lavreysen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)