Leontien van Moorsel |
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| Full name | Leontien van Moorsel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 22, 1970 Boekel, the Netherlands |
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| Discipline | Road & track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Infobox last updated on September 7, 2008 |
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Leontine Martha Henrica Petronella van Moorsel (born 22 March 1970 in Boekel, Netherlands) is a former Dutch racing cyclist.
Van Moorsel started her career in the late 1980s and was soon one of the best cyclists in the world. She won major races both on the track, and on the road. In the first half of the 1990s, she won the Tour Féminin twice, after fierce competition with Jeannie Longo.
Van Moorsel dropped out of cycling in 1994 with depression and anorexia nervosa, but recovered to compete at the world championships in 1998, winning the time trial and coming second in the road race.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, van Moorsel won gold medals on the road (road race and time trial), and on the track (3 km pursuit). At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she fell in the penultimate lap of the road race, but successfully defended her time trial title. With four gold, one silver, and a bronze Olympic medal, van Moorsel is one of the most successful Dutch athletes ever.
She retired from professional cycling after the 2004 Olympics.
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| Preceded by Elly van Hulst |
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1990 |
Succeeded by Ingrid Haringa |
| Preceded by Ellen van Langen |
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Anky van Grunsven |
| Preceded by Marianne Timmer |
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1999, 2000 |
Succeeded by Inge de Bruijn |
| Preceded by Verona van de Leur |
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2003, 2004 |
Succeeded by Edith van Dijk |
| Preceded by Francis Hoenselaar |
Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year 1998–2000 |
Succeeded by Sissy van Alebeek |
| Preceded by Sissy van Alebeek |
Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year 2002–2004 |
Succeeded by Elisabeth Willebroordse |
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