Simon van Velthooven
Simon Paul van Velthooven (born 8 December 1988)[1] is a New Zealand track racing cyclist and America's Cup sailor.
 Simon van Velthooven | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Paul van Velthooven |
| Born | 8 December 1988 Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team New Zealand |
| Discipline | Track sprint |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| World, Commonwealth, Olympic medalist | |
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Van Velthooven was born in Palmerston North in 1988. He has two younger sisters; his youngest sister, Emily, works as a journalist for Television New Zealand (TVNZ).[2]
Simon won New Zealand's first sprint cycling medal in the men's keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics jointly with Teun Mulder after the race officials were unable to separate the two in a photo finish for third place. He has also won multiple World Championship and Commonwealth Games medals and was the 2012 World Cup champion in the 1 km time trial and keirin events[3][4] In 2014, he won a silver in the 1000 m time trial at the Commonwealth Games.[5]
Van Velthooven joined Team New Zealand in 2015 and was one of the original "cyclors" that helped develop the revolutionary boat and was a huge asset to the team that won the 2017 America's Cup for Team New Zealand.[6][7][8]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simon van Velthooven". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Harvey, Kerry (11 August 2021). "TVNZ's Emily van Velthooven gets a ringside seat to the Tokyo Paralympics". Stuff. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- "Men's Keirin". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- "Olympics: Van Velthooven wins bronze for New Zealand". The New Zealand Herald. 7 August 2012.
- "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 1000m Time Trial". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- Matt Majendie, for. "America's Cup: Van Velthooven swaps freewheeling for foiling". CNN.
- "Palmerston North cycling star Simon van Velthooven's pedal power helps drive America's Cup win". Stuff.
- Wright, Ed (27 June 2017). "Simon van Velthooven enjoys America's Cup triumph - Roadcycling.co.nz".
External links
- Official website (archived in 2013)
- Simon van Velthooven at UCI
- Simon van Velthooven at Cycling Archives
- Simon van Velthooven at CycleBase
- Simon van Velthooven at Olympedia
- Simon van Velthooven at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Simon van Velthooven at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)