Simon van Velthooven

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Simon van Velthooven Road cycling
Simon van Velthooven (2016)
Simon van Velthooven (2016)
To person
Date of birth December 8, 1988
nation New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
discipline train
End of career 2016
Most important successes
Olympic games
2012 bronze - Keirin
Last updated: May 16, 2019

Simon van Velthooven (born December 8, 1988 in Palmerston North ) is a New Zealand sailor and former track cyclist .

Athletic career

Cycling

In 2005, Simon van Velthooven took first place in the junior team sprint together with Edward Dawkins and Elijah May at the Oceania Championships in Wanganui . The following year he was New Zealand junior sprint champion , second in time trial and third in scratch .

In 2010 Velthooven won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in Keirin . The previous spring he had taken part in the Keirin competitions in Japan. In 2011 he won three gold medals at the Oceania Championships, in the team sprint with Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell , in the Keirin and in the 1000-meter time trial . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Velthooven took third place in the Keirin, which he shared with the Dutchman Teun Mulder .

In 2013 van Velthoven was runner-up in the 1000 meter time trial in Minsk , and the following year he won the bronze medal in the same discipline at the World Championships in Cali . In 2016 he became New Zealand champion in the 1000-meter time trial.

sailing

In 2017 van Velthoven won the most famous sailing regatta, the 35th America's Cup, as a member of the New Zealand team . For the energy supply of the hydraulic system of the racing catamaran , which moves the wing sail and the hydrofoils among other things , no hand-driven grinders are used as an innovation , but, like a bicycle, pedal cranks with pedals ( cyclors ). Although the cyclors are to be replaced by grinders again, van Velthooven declared in January 2018 that he wanted to remain active in sailing.

successes

2005
  • goldOceania Games (Juniors) - Team Sprint (with Edward Dawkins and Elijah May )
  • silver Oceania Games (Juniors) - Sprint
  • bronze Oceania Games (Juniors) - 1000 meter time trial
2006
  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand Junior Champion - Sprint
2007
  • silver Oceania Championship - Omnium
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2016
  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand champion - 1000 meter time trial

Web links

Commons : Simon van Velthooven  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ roadcycling.co.nz: "Keirin lessons from Van Velthooven" ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 6, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.roadcycling.co.nz
  2. ↑ Abc News: Team New Zealand routs Oracle Team USA to win America's Cup. (No longer available online.) In: abcnews.go.com. June 26, 2017, archived from the original on June 29, 2017 ; accessed on June 26, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / abcnews.go.com
  3. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung: 35th America's Cup - Departure into a new era on May 26, 2017. Accessed on June 6, 2017
  4. ^ Van Velthooven on right tack to being bona fide sailor. In: nzherald.co.nz. January 20, 2018, accessed May 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Velthooven, Simon van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Palmerston North