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]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1994 Den Helder, Netherlands |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Para-cycling |
| Disability | Vision impairment |
Medal record | |
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]
References edit
- ^ "Larissa Klaassen". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Women's Time Trial B Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Larissa Klaassen". paralympic.org.
- ^ "Zilver voor baanwielrensters Klaassen en Dolman op Paralympics". NU.nl (in Dutch). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Apeldoorn 2019: Sensational Sarah Storey". paralympic.org. 17 March 2019.
External links edit
- Larissa Klaassen at the International Paralympic Committee
- Larissa Klaassen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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