Daphny van den Brand

Daphny van den Brand, (born 6 April 1978 in Zeeland, North Brabant) is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle and mountain bike racer.

Daphny van den Brand

Personal information
Full name	Daphny van den Brand
Born	(1978-04-06) 6 April 1978 Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2000	Kupfernagel
2003–2004	@Home
2005	Van Bemmelen - AA Drink
Major wins
World Cyclo-cross Champion (2003) European Cyclo-cross Champion (2006, 2007) National Cyclo-cross Champion (10 times) National MTB Champion (2002)
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands Women's Cyclo-cross World Championship 2003 Monopoli Elite 2012 Koksijde Elite 2000 Sint-Michielsgestel Elite 2001 Tábor Elite 2002 Zolder Elite 2006 Zeddam Elite 2010 Tábor Elite European Championship 2010 Hoogstraten Elite 2007 Hittnau Elite 2006 Huijbergen Elite 2005 Pontchateau Elite

Daphny van den Brand started her cycling at eight. She won races thanks to her sprint.

Van den Brand joined the Dutch junior team. She won her first medal as a junior in 1993 during the cyclo-cross race in Sint-Michielsgestel, where she finished third .

Dutch mountain bike manager Leo van Zeeland asked her in 1994 to race on a mountain bike. Van den Brand took part in a race in Bergschenhoek and finished in fifth position. She rode the European and world junior mountain biking championships and finished seventh in both.

Van den Brand then concentrated on mountain biking and cyclo-cross. She won eight national cyclo-cross championships and the cyclo-cross world championship in 2003 in Monopoli. She also won four world bronze medals, a silver at the European championship in 2005 and gold at the 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships. In mountain biking she won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in national championships between 2001 and 2003.