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Harrie Lavreysen

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Harrie Lavreysen
Lavreysen in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 29)
Luyksgestel, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing the  Netherlands
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 5 0 1
World Championships 20 3 0
European Championships 14 4 2
European Games 2 1 0
Dutch Track Championships 13 5 3
Total 54 13 6
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoSprint
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisSprint
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoKeirin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 ApeldoornTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2019 PruszkówSprint
Gold medal – first place2019 PruszkówTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2020 BerlinSprint
Gold medal – first place2020 BerlinKeirin
Gold medal – first place2020 BerlinTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2021 RoubaixSprint
Gold medal – first place2021 RoubaixKeirin
Gold medal – first place2021 RoubaixTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesSprint
Gold medal – first place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesKeirin
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowSprint
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2024 BallerupSprint
Gold medal – first place2024 Ballerup1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place2024 BallerupTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2025 SantiagoSprint
Gold medal – first place2025 SantiagoKeirin
Gold medal – first place2025 Santiago1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place2025 SantiagoTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2017 Hong KongSprint
Silver medal – second place2017 Hong KongTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTeam sprint
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskKeirin
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskSprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 GlasgowTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2019 ApeldoornKeirin
Gold medal – first place2019 ApeldoornTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2021 GrenchenSprint
Gold medal – first place2021 GrenchenTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenSprint
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenKeirin
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2024 ApeldoornSprint
Gold medal – first place2024 ApeldoornKeirin
Gold medal – first place2024 ApeldoornTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2025 Heusden-ZolderSprint
Gold medal – first place2025 Heusden-ZolderKeirin
Silver medal – second place2019 ApeldoornSprint
Silver medal – second place2025 Heusden-ZolderTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2026 KonyaSprint
Silver medal – second place2026 KonyaKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2017 BerlinTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowSprint

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

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Major championship results

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Event 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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 2
Team sprint 3 1 1 — 1 1 1 1 2 6
Keirin 7 5 1 — 6 — 1 1 1 2

Track

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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
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
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
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
National Championships
1st Sprint
1st Keirin
1st 250 m standing start
1st Sprint Cup Six Days of Rotterdam[6]
2026
UEC European Championships
2nd Sprint
2nd Keirin

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 Herman, Martyn; De Clercq, Geert (11 August 2024). "Cyclist Lavreysen makes light work of golden sweep". Reuters. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Competition mainly held in 2017. Only the last race in January 2018.
  4. ↑ Competition mainly held in 2018. Two of the four rounds in January 2019.
  5. ↑ Competition mainly held in 2019. Only the last race in January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Koppel Hoppezak/Dorenbos wint Wielerzesdaagse van Rotterdam, Harrie Lavreysen hengelt Sprint Cup binnen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2025-12-07. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
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