Linda Villumsen
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Villumsen wearing the Danish national team's jersey when competing in the 2009 UCI Road World Championships (left) and riding for New Zealand in the 2012 Olympics time trial (right)
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9 April 1985 Herning, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Wiggle-Honda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 2007-10 2011 2012 2013 |
Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team T-Mobile Women AA Drink-leontien.nl Orica-AIS Wiggle-Honda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Villumsen (left) finished second in time trial at the 2013 World Championships. (Ellen van Dijk (center), Carmen Small (right))
Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985 in Herning) is a Danish-born road racing cyclist[1] who became a citizen of New Zealand in 2009 and rides under a Kiwi license from 2010 onwards.[2]
She was Danish national champion in both road racing and time trialling in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She finished 5th in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, third in the women's time trial at the 2009 World Championships in Mendriso and second in the women's time trial at the 2011 World Championships in Copenhagen.
Villumsen competed for New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She finished 18th in the road race and fourth in the time trial, missing out on a medal by less than two seconds.[3]
Palmarès
- 2005
- 2nd Danish National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Danish National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd New Zealand World Cup
- 2nd Damesronde van Drenthe
- 1st Alblasserdam
- 2006
- 1st
European Time Trial Championships, U23 - 1st
Danish National Time Trial Championships - 1st Danish National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Pursuit, Danish National Track Championships
- 1st Omloop der Kempen
- 2nd Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 1st Stage 1, Vlissingen
- 2nd L'Heure D'Or Féminine / The Ladies Golden Hour
- 1st Route de France Féminine
- 2007
- 1st European Time Trial Championships, U23
- 3rd Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Stage 6, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Rieux-Minervois
- 2008
- 1st Danish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Danish National Road Race Championships
- 1st Team World ranking
- 1st Stage Giro della Toscana TTT
- 2nd Open de Suéde Vargarda
- 5th Road race, 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2009
- 1st Danish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Danish National Road Race Championships
- 3rd
Time trial, Road World Championships - 1st overall, Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st stage 3
- 1st Trofeo Costa Etrusca: GP Comuni Santa Luce - Castellina Marittima
- 2010
- 3rd Time trial, Road World Championships
- 2nd Commonwealth Games Time Trial
- 2nd Chrono Gatineau
- 2011
- 2nd
Time Trial World Championships
- 2012
- 1st Overall, Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 3rd GP Stad Roeselare
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)) Emakumeen Bira
- 4th Time trial, London Olympics
- 2nd Team time trial, 2012 UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Individual time trial, 2012 UCI Road World Championships
- 2013
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 2nd Individual time trial, 2013 UCI Road World Championships[6]
References
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- ↑ "Athlete Biography - SERUP Linda Melanie Villumsen". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16.
- ↑ "Villumsen cleared to ride for New Zealand". cyclingnews.com. 30 December 2009.
- ↑ Cleaver, Dylan (2 August 2012). "Olympics: Villumsen just seconds from bronze". New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ Linda Villumsen profile at Cycling Archives
- ↑ Linda Villumsen profile at cqranking.com
- ↑ "Kiwi cyclist wins medal at world champs". TVNZ. 25 September 2013.
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Preceded by Madeleine Sandig (GER) |
European Road Champion Time Trial U23 2006 - 2007 |
Succeeded by Ellen van Dijk (NED) |
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