Sam Ligtlee

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Sam Ligtlee Road cycling
Sam Ligtlee - World Time Trial Champion (2020)
Sam Ligtlee - World Time Trial Champion (2020)
To person
Full name Sam Benjamin Ligtlee
Date of birth December 12, 1997
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Train (short term)
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2020 World Champion - 1000 meter time trial
Last updated: March 11, 2020

Sam Benjamin Ligtlee (born December 12, 1997 in Eerbeek ) is a Dutch cyclist. He is a younger brother of Elis Ligtlee , the 2016 Keirin Olympic champion.

Athletic career

In 2013 Sam Ligtlee was two-time Dutch junior champion, in the sprint and in the 1000 meter time trial ; the following year he won this title again and was also junior champion in the keirin . In 2015 he won the bronze medal in the time trial and in the keirin at the European Junior Championships .

In 2017 Ligtlee won the bronze medal in the 1000 meter time trial at the U23 European Championships . At his first start in the elite at the U23 European Championships in Berlin, he finished third in the team sprint together with Jeffrey Hoogland , Harrie Lavreysen , Matthijs Büchli and Roy van den Berg . As a result, he won three races at World Cups and was also U23 European team sprint champion in 2019 with Koen van der Wijst and Harrie Lavreysen .

In 2020 Sam Ligtlee became world champion in the 1000-meter time trial in Berlin . World Champion

successes

2013
  • MaillotHolanda.svg Dutch junior champion - sprint, 1000 meter time trial
2014
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020

Web links

Commons : Sam Ligtlee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Ligtlee pakt zilver op kilometer tijdens NK Baan. In: omroepgelderland.nl. Retrieved November 5, 2017 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Ligtlee, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ligtlee, Sam Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Eerbeek