Larissa Klaassen | |
Birth Date: | 1994 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Den Helder, Netherlands |
Country: | Netherlands |
Sport: | Para-cycling |
Disability: | Vision impairment |
Larissa Klaassen (born 7 May 1994)[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] [4]
Klaassen and Dolman also competed in the women's road time trial B where they finished in 11th place.[3] They also competed in the women's road race B and they did not finish in that event.[3]
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.[5]