Matthijs Büchli

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Matthijs Büchli Road cycling
Matthijs Büchli, world champion in team sprint (2018)
Matthijs Büchli, world champion in team sprint (2018)
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Date of birth December 13, 1992
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Track cycling
Driver type Short term
Most important successes
Olympic Summer Games
2016 Silver medal-2008OB.svg - Keirin
UCI track world championships
2019 World Champion - Keirin
2018, 2019 World Champion - team sprint
UEC European Rail Championships
2019 European Champion 2016 - team sprint
Last updated: April 14, 2020

Matthijs Büchli (born December 13, 1992 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch track cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2007 Matthijs Büchli became the Dutch youth champion in the Omnium . In the following year he won two national junior titles, in the 1000 meter time trial and in the sprint . In 2010 he finished second in the Dutch Junior Championship in the Omnium.

From 2011 Büchli started in the elite class, in the time trial he finished second and in the Keirin third at the Dutch track championships. At the Grand Prix Vienna he was third in the keirin and third in the team sprint, together with Hylke van Grieken and Rigard van Klooster . In the same line-up, the Dutch trio finished sixth at the UEC European Rail Championships in 2012 in Panevėžys, Lithuania . At the end of the same year he became the Dutch sprint champion. He won the Keirin competition at the 2012/13 Track Cycling World Cup in Aguascalientes and was also in first place in the overall standings. In 2013 he became national champion in keirin. In 2013 and 2014 he won the bronze medal in the Keirin at the UCI track world championships .

In 2016 Büchli was nominated to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he won the silver medal in the Keirin. In 2018 he took first place in the fifth round of the Track Cycling World Cup 2017/18 in Minsk in sprint, keirin and team sprint (with Roy van den Berg and Theo Bos ), and in the following season he won two world cup races in the keirin.

At the UCI Track World Championships 2018 , Büchli was world champion in team sprint with Nils van 't Hoenderdaal , Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland , and the following year he became two-time world champion in keirin and team sprint (with Lavreysen, van den Berg and Hoogland). At the UEC European Rail Championships in 2019 , he also won two titles (sprint and team sprint) and one bronze (Keirin).

Awards

In December 2018 Mattjis Büchli was named the Dutch “ Team of the Year ” together with Nils van 't Hoenderdaal, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland and Roy van den Berg . The Jaap Eden Trofee was presented to them by soccer player Rafael van der Vaart .

successes

Büchli at the European Championships in the Keirin finals
2007
  • MaillotHolanda.svg Dutch champion (youth) - Omnium
2008
  • MaillotHolanda.svg Dutch Champion (Juniors) - Sprint, 1000 meter time trial
2012
  • MaillotHolanda.svg Dutch champion - sprint
2013
2014
2015
  • MaillotHolanda.svg Dutch master - Keirin
2016
2017
2018
2019

Web links

Commons : Matthijs Büchli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Teamsprinters verkozen tot Sportploeg van het jaar. In: WielerFlits. December 19, 2018, accessed December 20, 2018 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Büchli, Matthijs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buchli, Matthijs (different spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Haarlem