Elis Ligtlee Explained

Elis Ligtlee
Birth Date:28 June 1994
Birth Place:Deventer, the Netherlands
Height:1.85 m[1]
Discipline:Track cycling
Ridertype:Sprinter
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Elis Ligtlee (born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[2] She won the gold medal in the keirin race at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Following her Olympic victory, Ligtlee was officially inducted to the Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[4]

Major results

2013
  • Revolution
  • 1st Sprint – Round 2, Glasgow
  • 2nd Keirin – Round 2, Glasgow
  • UEC European U23 Track Championships
  • 1st Team Sprint (with Shanne Braspennincx)
  • 1st 500m Time Trial
  • 3rd Sprint
  • Grand Prix Sprint Apeldoorn
  • 2nd Sprint
  • 3rd Keirin
    2014
  • 1st Sprint, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester
  • 1st Sprint, Champions of Sprint
  • Festival of Speed
  • 1st Sprint
  • 2nd Keirin
  • Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
  • 1st Keirin
  • 2nd Sprint
  • 2nd Team Sprint (with Shanne Braspennincx)
  • UEC European U23 Track Championships
  • 1st Keirin
  • 2nd Sprint
  • 2nd Team Sprint (with Yesna Rijkhoff)
  • 3rd 500m Time Trial
  • UEC European Track Championships
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial
  • 3rd Team Sprint (with Shanne Braspennincx)
  • 2nd Sprint, US Sprint GP
  • 2nd Team Sprint, Cottbuser Nächte (with Shanne Braspennincx)
  • 2nd Sprint, Track-Cycling Challenge Grenchen
  • Sprintermeeting
  • 2nd Sprint
  • 3rd Keirin
    2015
  • UEC European Track Championships
  • 1st Keirin
  • 1st Sprint
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial
  • 3rd Team Sprint (with Laurine van Riessen)
  • 1st Sprint, US Sprint GP
  • 1st Sprint, Festival of Speed
  • 2nd Sprint, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
  • UEC European U23 Track Championships
  • 2nd Sprint
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial
  • 3rd Keirin
  • 3rd Team Sprint (with Kyra Lamberink)
  • 3rd Keirin, Fastest Man on Wheels
    2016
  • 1st Keirin, Olympic Games
  • UEC European U23 Track Championships
  • 1st Keirin
  • 1st Sprint
  • 1st Team Sprint (with Kyra Lamberink)
  • 1st 500m Time Trial
  • 1st Keirin, Oberhausen
  • 1st Sprint, Öschelbronn
  • 1st Sprint, Dudenhofen
  • 3rd Sprint, UCI World Track Cycling Championships
    2017
  • 2nd Sprint, Belgian International Track Meeting
  • 3rd Sprint, Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi
  • 3rd Keirin, Troféu Internacional de Anadia

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: About me. elisligtlee.com. 4 March 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313095656/http://www.elisligtlee.com/Over-mij/. 13 March 2016. dmy-all.
    2. Web site: Elis Ligtlee. 7 February 2015. procyclingstats.com. 6 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181006210055/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=73239. live.
    3. News: Dutch longshot Elis Ligtlee wins women's keirin gold. 14 August 2016. NBC Olympics. 4 February 2017. 3 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103134713/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/dutch-longshot-elis-ligtlee-wins-womens-keirin-gold. dead.
    4. Web site: Van der Breggen and Ligtlee given royal honours - News shorts . . 24 August 2016 . . 29 September 2016 . 11 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161011120440/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-der-breggen-and-ligtlee-given-royal-honours-news-shorts/ . live .

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