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Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel (born 22 March 1970) is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record for women from 2003 until 2015.[1]

Leontien van Moorsel

Leontien van Moorsel in 1991
Personal information
Full name	Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel
Born	(1970-03-22) 22 March 1970 (age 52) Boekel, Netherlands
Team information
Discipline	Road & track
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
1992	KNWU AMEV Batavus A-selectie Nederland
1997	VKS
1999	Opstalan
Professional team
2000–2004	Hartol–Farm Frites
Major wins
Stage races Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (1992, 1993) Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (1991) Emakumeen Bira (2000) Trophée d'Or Féminin (2000) One day races & classics Olympic Road Champion (2000) Olympic Time Trial Champion (2000, 2004) World Road Champion (1991, 1993) World Time Trial Champion (1998, 1999) National Road Champion (1998–2000, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999) National Time Trial Champion (1997, 1998–2002)
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands Women's Road bicycle racing Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Road race 2000 Sydney Time trial 2004 Athens Time trial World Championships 1991 Stuttgart Road race 1993 Oslo Road race 1998 Valkenburg Time trial 1999 Verona Time trial 1998 Valkenburg Road race Women's Track cycling Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Individual pursuit 2000 Sydney Points race 2004 Athens Individual pursuit World Championships 1990 Maebashi City Individual pursuit 2001 Antwerp Individual pursuit 2002 Copenhagen Individual pursuit 2003 Stuttgart Individual pursuit 1998 Bordeaux Individual pursuit

Career

Van Moorsel started her career in 1977.^{[dubious – discuss]} She won major races both on the track, and on the road. In the first half of the 1990s, she won the Tour Féminin twice, after fierce competition with Jeannie Longo.

Van Moorsel dropped out of cycling in 1994 with anorexia nervosa[2] but recovered to compete at the World Championships in 1998, winning the time trial and coming second in the road race.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, van Moorsel won gold medals on the road (road race and time trial), and on the track (3 km pursuit). At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she fell in the penultimate lap of the road race and was stretchered off and taken to the hospital by ambulance,[3] but nevertheless successfully defended her time trial title two days later.

Her four gold medals tie her with Ireen Wüst, Inge de Bruijn, Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Fanny Blankers-Koen for the most ever by a Dutch athlete at the Olympics.[4]

She set a new world hour record for women of 46.065 km, in 2003 in Mexico City,[5] which was not improved upon for almost 12 years, when UCI rule changes prompted a new succession of attempts.

Van Moorsel retired from professional cycling after the 2004 Olympics.

In 2017 Van Moorsel became director of the Women's Amstel Gold Race.[6]

In September 2017, Van Moorsel was accused by sports physician Peter Janssen of using EPO in 2000 and 2001.[7]

Major results

Personal life

Van Moorsel married former track cyclist Michael Zijlaard in October 1995.[8] They have a daughter.

See also

• List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games

References

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 December 2005) (in Dutch)
• Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel at Cycling Archives
• Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel at Olympedia
• Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel at Olympics.com
• Leontien van Moorsel at Olympic.org (archived)
• Leontien van Moorsel at NOC*NSF (in Dutch) (English translation)
• Leontien van Moorsel at IMDb

Awards
Preceded by Elly van Hulst	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1990	Succeeded by Ingrid Haringa
Preceded by Ellen van Langen	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Anky van Grunsven
Preceded by Marianne Timmer	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1999, 2000	Succeeded by Inge de Bruijn
Preceded by Verona van de Leur	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2003, 2004	Succeeded by Edith van Dijk
Preceded by Francis Hoenselaar	Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year 1998–2000	Succeeded by Sissy van Alebeek
Preceded by Sissy van Alebeek	Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year 2002–2004	Succeeded by Elisabeth Willebroordse
Records
Preceded by Jeannie Longo	UCI women's hour record (46.065 km) 1 October 2003 – 12 September 2015	Succeeded by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling

На других языках

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[de] Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel

Leontine Martha Henrica Petronella „Leontien“ Zijlaard-van Moorsel (* 22. März 1970 in Boekel; geborene Leontien van Moorsel) ist eine ehemalige niederländische Radrennfahrerin und vierfache Olympiasiegerin. Sie trägt den Spitznamen Tinus oder Ties. Sie war neben Jeannie Longo die herausragende Fahrer-Persönlichkeit im Frauenradrennsport der 1990er und 2000er Jahre.

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- [en] Leontien van Moorsel

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[es] Leontien van Moorsel

Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (nacida como Leontine van Moorsel, Boekel, 22 de marzo de 1970) es una deportista neerlandesa que compitió en ciclismo en las modalidades de ruta y pista, especialista en las pruebas de contrarreloj y persecución. Ha sido cuatro veces campeona olímpica (tres medallas de oro en Sídney 2000 y una en Atenas 2004, tanto en pista como en carretera), ocho veces campeona mundial (cuatro en carretera y cuatro en pista), lo que la convierte en una de las ciclistas femeninas más laureadas de la historia y la que tiene la mayor cantidad de metales olímpicos, 6 medallas totales.[n 1]

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[it] Leontien van Moorsel

Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella van Moorsel, sposata Zijlaard, (Boekel, 22 marzo 1970), è una ciclista su strada e pistard olandese. Professionista fino al 2004, fu campionessa olimpica a Sydney nella gara in linea, nella cronometro e nell'inseguimento individuale, per poi ripetersi ad Atene 2004 nella cronometro. Vinse inoltre cinque titoli mondiali su strada e quattro su pista.

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[ru] Ван Морсел, Леонтин

Леонти́не Ма́рта Хе́нрика Петроне́лла «Леонти́н» ван Мо́рсел (в замужестве[1] — Зейлард, нидерл. Leontine Martha Henrica Petronella (Leontien) Zijlaard-van Moorsel; 22 марта 1970 (1970-03-22), Букел, Нидерланды) — нидерландская велогонщица, четырёхкратная олимпийская чемпионка, 8-кратная чемпионка мира. Самая титулованная велогонщица в истории Олимпийских игр[2]. Специализировалась как в трековых, так и в шоссейных велогонках.

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