Matthijs Büchli (born 13 December 1992) is a Dutch road and track cyclist,[2] who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling Club.[3]
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| Full name | Matthijs Büchli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1992 Haarlem, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | BEAT Cycling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017– | BEAT Cycling Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He became world champion in the keirin at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2016, Büchli won the silver medal in the men's keirin at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,[4] despite experiencing a severe knee injury only five months before the Olympic Games.[5] Büchli was also a part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the team sprint event.
Büchli has been a member of the commercial team of BEAT Cycling Club together with Theo Bos since 2017.
Major results
editSource:[6]
- 2011
- National Championships
- 2nd Kilo
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Keirin
- 2012
- National Championships
- 1st
Sprint - 3rd Keirin
- 1st
- 2013
- 1st Keirin, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Aguascalientes
- 3rd Keirin, UCI World Championships
- 2014
- 3rd Keirin, UCI World Championships
- 2016
- 2nd Keirin, Summer Olympics
- 2nd Team sprint, UCI World Championships
- 2017
- 2nd Team sprint, UCI World Championships
- 3rd Team sprint, UEC European Championships
- 2018
- 1st
Team sprint, UCI World Championships - National Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 3rd Team sprint
- 1st
- 2019
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st
- 2021
- 1st
Team sprint, Olympic Games
Further information
edit- "Double delight for GB cyclists.(Sport)." Birmingham Mail (England). MGN Ltd. 2013. HighBeam Research. 30 April 2013
- "Kenny grabs keirin crown; UPDATE.(Sport)." Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland). MGN Ltd. 2013. 30 April 2013
- "Yates wins points race at track cycling worlds." Yakima Herald-Republic. Yakima Herald-Republic. 2013. 30 April 2013
References
edit- ^ "BEAT Cycling Club". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Matthijs Büchli". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "BEAT Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Matthijs Büchli".
- ^ Bosse, Christian (28 November 2018). "'Keep your confidence!' Matthijs Büchli – Olympic athletes interviewed Episode 2". Christian Bosse - Train Like An Olympian.
- ^ "Matthijs Büchli".
External links
edit- Matthijs Büchli at UCI
- Matthijs Büchli at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Matthijs Büchli at ProCyclingStats
- Matthijs Büchli at CycleBase
- Matthijs Büchli at Olympics.com
- Matthijs Büchli at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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