Sanne Cant

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Sanne Cant Road cycling
Sanne Cant (2018)
Sanne Cant (2018)
To person
Date of birth 8th October 1990 (age 29)
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Cross country / street
Most important successes
Cyclocross world championships
2017, 2018, 2019 World Champion world champion
Cyclocross World Cup
2015, 2016, 2018 Union-Cycliste-Internationale-Logo.svg overall victory
Last updated: January 26, 2020
Cant at the Jingle Cross Cyclocross World Cup race in Iowa City, 2018

Sanne Cant (born October 8, 1990 in Lille ) is a Belgian cyclist who is mainly active in cyclo-cross races. She is one of the dominant female athletes in this discipline in the 2010s.

Athletic career

In 2007 Sanne Cant became Belgian champion in cyclo-cross racing for the first time, still in the youth class.

Up to and including 2019 she was Belgian champion in this discipline 13 times. In 2014 she was successful in the elite for the first time when she became European champion. After winning silver at the 2015 cyclocross world championships and bronze at world championships in 2016 , she became world champion for the first time in 2107 . She was able to defend this title in 2018 . In February, in Bogense , Denmark , she won the 2019 cyclocross world title for the third time in a row . In 2015, 2016 and 2018 she also won the overall World Cup in cyclo-cross racing . At the end of the 2018/19 season, she won the Superprestige Cyclocross for the fourth time in a row .

In addition to cross-country races, Cant also regularly competed on the road . In 2017 she finished fourth in the road race at the Belgian championships , and in 2018 she finished third.

Awards

Successes (cyclocross)

2007
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian youth champion
2008
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian junior champion
2010
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian champion
2011
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian champion
2012
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian champion
2013
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian champion
2014
  • European champion - European champion
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian champion
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
  • MaillotBélgica.svg Belgian champion

Web links

Commons : Sanne Cant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First Sanne Cant then Brand (February 2, 2019)
  2. ↑ Women's Cycling World Championship: Sanne Cant in front of four Dutch women (February 3, 2019)
  3. ↑ Sanne Cant is Flandrienne: “Dit is ultieme bekroning voor veldritsport”. In: nieuwsblad.be. November 6, 2018, accessed February 3, 2019 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Cant, Sanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Lille