| Jolien Verschueren | |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Height: | 162cm (64inches) |
| Weight: | 46kg (101lb) |
| Discipline: | Cyclo-cross |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Proteam1: | Young Telenet Fidea |
| Proyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Proyears3: | 2019–2021 |
Jolien Verschueren (7 May 1990 – 2 July 2021) was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist, who rode for UCI Cyclo-cross team .[1] She represented her nation in the women's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.[2] [3]
Verschueren combined her cycling career with working as a schoolteacher.[4] She won the Koppenbergcross in 2015 and repeated this at the 2016 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Koppenbergcross 2016, besting world champion Thalita de Jong.[5] On 12 April 2018, it was announced that earlier that week Verschueren was operated on to remove a malignant brain tumor.[6] Verschueren tried a comeback in 2019 and 2020 but her health did not allow for good results. Her last race was the 2020 edition of the Koppenbergcross. Verschueren died of brain cancer on 2 July 2021.[7] In October 2021 the organisers of the Koppenbergcross announced that the women's edition of the race would be known as the Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren in her memory.