Annefleur Kalvenhaar

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Annefleur Kalvenhaar Road cycling
To person
Full name Annefleur Kalvenhaar
Date of birth June 10, 1994
date of death 23rd August 2014
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Mountain bike
Team (s)
2011-2013
2014 		Giant Dealerteams
Focus XC Team
Most important successes
Cyclocross European Championships
2013 gold (U23)
Last updated: August 23, 2014

Annefleur Kalvenhaar (born June 10, 1994 in Wierden ; † August 23, 2014 in Grenoble , France ) was a Dutch cyclist who was active as a mountain biker , in cyclo-cross races and in road cycling .

At the age of 13, Kalvenhaar got a racing bike for his birthday and began to compete in cycling races. In 2011 she was Dutch junior mountain bike champion and again the following year; In 2012 she was also the Dutch junior champion in cyclo-cross racing. In 2013 she won the gold medal at the European Cyclocross Championships (U-23) and was the Dutch runner-up on mountain bikes.

On August 22, 2014, Kalvenhaar, a physiotherapy student , started qualifying for the Mountain Bike World Cup finals in Méribel, France . In the time trial, she hit the edge of a wooden bridge, rolled over downhill and suffered severe cerebral hemorrhage. She was brought by helicopter to the Center hospitalier universitaire de Grenoble , where she succumbed to her injuries a day later. It was the first fatal incident in the history of the Mountain Bike World Cup.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kalvenhaar dies after a serious fall at the World Cup in Méribel. rad-net.de, August 23, 2014, accessed on August 24, 2014 .
  2. ↑ VTT: Une Néerlandaise décède après une chute. Les Echos.fr, 23 August 2014, accessed on 24 August 2014 (French).
  3. ^ Mountain biker Kalvenhaar had a fatal accident. radsport-news.com, August 23, 2014, accessed on August 24, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Kalvenhaar, Annefleur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch mountain biker, cyclocross and road cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Wierden
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2014
Place of death Grenoble