Leontien van Moorsel parent- Leontien van Moorsel is a famous Dutch cyclist who won four Olympic gold medals and twice won the Tour Féminin in the 1990s.
Leontien van Moorsel Biography
Leontien van Moorsel is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on March 22, 1970 in Bakel, North Brabant, Netherlands. As of June 1, 2023, Leontien has a net worth approximately $5 Million.
She took home gold in the 2004 Olympics in which the swimmer She won gold at the 2004 Olympics where swimmer Michael Phelps won a remarkable 6 gold medals. won an impressive six gold medals.
Dutch cyclist who took home 4 Olympic gold medals, and twice was crowned the Tour Feminin in the 1990s.
She resigned from professional cycling following the 2004 Olympics in which she took home two golds and one bronze.
She was married to former track cycling champion Michael Zijlaard in October of 1995.
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 of and taken to the hospital by ambulance, but nevertheless successfully defended her time trial title two days later.
Leontien van Moorsel Career
Van Moorsel started her career in 1977. 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 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 of and taken to the hospital by ambulance, 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.
She set a new world hour record for women of 46.065 km, in 2003 in Mexico City, 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 September 2017, Van Moorsel was accused by sports physician Peter Janssen of using EPO in 2000 and 2001.
Leontien van Moorsel Parent
The parents of Leontien van Moorsel are Martha van Moorsel, Harry van Moorsel
