Simon van Velthooven
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| Full name | Simon van Velthooven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 December 1988 Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon van Velthooven (born 8 December 1988)[1] is a New Zealand track racing cyclist.
At the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won the bronze medal in the men's 1 kilometre time trial.[2] He also won a bronze medal in the Men's Keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics jointly with Teun Mulder after the race officials were unable to separate the two in a photo finish for third place.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Simon van Velthooven. Sport-reference.com
- ↑ "Van Velthooven adds another bronze for NZ". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ "Men's Keirin". london2012.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "Olympics: Van Velthooven wins bronze for New Zealand". New Zealand Herald. 7 August 2012.
External links
- Simon van Velthooven profile at Cycling Archives