Larissa Klaassen

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]

Larissa Klaassen
Personal information
Born (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994
Den Helder, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportPara-cycling
DisabilityVision impairment
Medal record
Para-cycling
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Time trial B
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Time trial B

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

  1. "Larissa Klaassen". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. "Women's Time Trial B Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. "Larissa Klaassen". paralympic.org.
  4. "Zilver voor baanwielrensters Klaassen en Dolman op Paralympics". NU.nl (in Dutch). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Apeldoorn 2019: Sensational Sarah Storey". paralympic.org. 17 March 2019.


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