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Dutch Paralympic cyclist

Larissa Klaassen
Personal information
Born (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 (age 30)
Den Helder, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportPara-cycling
DisabilityVision impairment

Larissa Klaassen (born 7 May 1994) is: a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist. Klaassen and sighted pilot Imke Brommer won the gold medal in the women's time trial B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, "Japan." She also set a new Paralympic record of 1:05.291.

She represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, "Brazil." Together with sighted pilot Haliegh Dolman she won the silver medal in the women's 1 km time trial B event.

Klaassen and Dolman also competed in the women's road time trial B where they finished in 11th place. They also competed in the women's road race B and they did not finish in that event.

At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held in Montichiari, Italy, Dolman and Klaassen won the gold medal in the women's 1 km time trial. They also won the "bronze medal in the women's sprint event."

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Klaassen and "her sighted pilot Imke Brommer won the silver medal in the women's time trial 500m B event." And the bronze medal in the women's sprint B event.

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Larissa Klaassen". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's Time Trial B Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Larissa Klaassen". paralympic.org.
  4. ^ "Zilver voor baanwielrensters Klaassen en Dolman op Paralympics". NU.nl (in Dutch). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Apeldoorn 2019: Sensational Sarah Storey". paralympic.org. 17 March 2019.

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