Jenning Huizenga

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Jenning Huizenga Road cycling
Jenning Huizenga (2013 in Manchester)
Jenning Huizenga (2013 in Manchester)
To person
Date of birth March 29, 1984
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Track cycling, road cycling
End of career 2016
Societies)
2013 Team Ruiter Dakkapellen
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2008 silver - one's pursuit
Last updated: November 7, 2019

Jenning Huizenga (born March 29, 1984 in Franeker ) is a former Dutch cyclist who was active on track and road .

Jenning Huizenga began his athletic career as a speed skater . In 2000 he finished sixth in the Dutch ice skating marathon.

In 1998, Huizenga began cycling alongside speed skating, initially riding mainly on the road as a teenager and junior , until he was also active on the track . In 2006 he was third of the Dutch champions in the single pursuit , in 2007 he won the title, as well as in 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2011 he was also the Dutch runner-up in scratch and national champion in the together with Levi Heimans , Wim Stroetinga and Tim Veldt Team pursuit . At the UCI Track World Championships in Manchester in 2008 , he was runner- up behind Bradley Wiggins in this discipline. At the Track Cycling World Cup 2013/14 he won the overall ranking in the single pursuit.

Jenning Huizenga took part in the Olympic Games twice - in 2008 and 2012 : in 2008 in Beijing he was 18th in the single pursuit, and in 2012 in London he was seventh in the team pursuit with the Dutch four-four (Heimans, Veldt and Stroetinga).

Due to a protracted illness that prevented Huizenga from achieving his previous athletic level, he ended his cycling career in 2016.

successes

2007
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Dutch Championship - Individual Pursuit
2008
2011
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Dutch Championship - Individual Pursuit
2012
  • a stage Olympia's Tour
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Dutch Championship - Individual Pursuit
2013
2014

Teams

Web links

Commons : Jenning Huizenga  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Huizenga stops with baanwielrennen vanwege ziekte van Lyme. In: nos.nl. August 4, 2016, accessed October 30, 2016 (Dutch).