Laura Smulders

Laura Smulders (born 9 December 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist who represents the Netherlands in BMX. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event[1][2] where she won the bronze medal.

Laura Smulders
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993[1]
Nijmegen, Netherlands
WebsiteLauraSmulders.nl
Sport
SportCycling
Event(s)BMX racing
Medal record
Women's BMX racing
Representing  Netherlands
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 2 2 2
World Cup 5 1 2
World Cup stage 27 6 6
European Championships 4 0 1
Total 38 9 12
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonBMX racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 RotterdamBMX time trial
Gold medal – first place2018 BakuBMX racing
Silver medal – second place2016 MedellínBMX time trial
Silver medal – second place2019 Heusden-ZolderBMX racing
Bronze medal – third place2014 RotterdamBMX racing
Bronze medal – third place2021 PapendalBMX racing
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2016BMX racing
Gold medal – first place2017BMX racing
Gold medal – first place2018BMX racing
Gold medal – first place2019BMX racing
Gold medal – first place2022BMX racing
Silver medal – second place2021BMX racing
Bronze medal – third place2013BMX racing
Bronze medal – third place2014BMX racing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 RoskildeBMX racing
Gold medal – first place2017 BordeauxBMX racing
Gold medal – first place2018 GlasgowBMX racing
Gold medal – first place2019 ValmieraBMX racing
Bronze medal – third place2015 ErpBMX racing

Personal

Her younger sister, Merel Smulders is also a BMX rider and became junior World Time Trial Champion at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Laura Smulders". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. "Women's BMX Racing". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  3. "BMX Cycling - Merel Smulders (Netherlands)".


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