Teun Mulder

Teun Mulder

Teun Mulder (2012)
To person
Date of birth	June 18, 1981
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Train (short term)
To the team
Current team	End of career
Most important successes
Summer Paralympics 2016 - Time trial (B) as a pilot for Tristan Bangma UCI track world championships 2008, 2010 - 1000 meter time trial 2005 - Keirin
Last updated: November 17, 2017

Meulder in conversation with 2018 Sprint World Champion, Matthew Glaetzer

Teunis "Teun" Mulder (born June 18, 1981 in Zuuk , Epe) is a former Dutch track cyclist . He was world champion three times and won gold at the Paralympics.

Athletic career

Teun Mulder won his first national title in 2000 when he became the Dutch master of the track omnium . In the course of his career he was a total of twelve times national champion in the disciplines keirin , time trial and sprint .

In 2005, at the UCI Track World Championships in Los Angeles, Mulder became world champion in the keirin; In 2008 and 2010 he became world champion in the 1000 meter time trial on the track. There were also numerous podium places at other world championships and world cups . He was also twice European champion. At the 2011 UCI Track World Championships , Mulder won silver in the time trial and bronze in the Keirin.

Teun Mulder took three times at Olympic Games in part, in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing, but was able to win a medal. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Mulder finished third in the Keirin , which he shared with New Zealander Simon van Velthooven .

In September 2013, Mulder announced that he would end his own career as a competitive cyclist. However, he wants to continue to be active as a pilot in tandem races for visually impaired athletes. At the 2013 Dutch track championships, he and Rinne Oost took second place in the tandem sprint . At the UCI Paracycling World Championships in 2015 , he and Tristan Bangma won a bronze medal in the sprint and a silver medal in the time trial. In the following year, the two athletes won the gold medal in the time trial on the track at the Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro .

Following the Paralympics, Mulder announced his final retirement as an active cyclist. Since 2006 he has been working part-time as a forensic advisor for the Dutch police . In future he will devote himself full-time to his job. In 2019 he headed the organization of the Paracycling World Track Championships in Apeldoorn .

successes

2000 Dutch master - Omnium 2001 European Championship (U23) - Keirin, 1000 meter time trial Dutch champion - sprint, 1000 meter time trial 2002 European Championship (U23) - Sprint, 1000-meter time trial Dutch champion - 1000 meter time trial 2003 European Champion (U23) - Keirin 2004 Athens Open Balkan Championships - Team Sprint (with Theo Bos and Jan Bos ) Dutch champion - 1000 meter time trial 2005 World Champion - Keirin World Championship - Team Sprint (with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt ) Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Keirin, team sprint (with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt ) European Championship - Sprint Dutch champion - sprint 2006 Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - Team Sprint (with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt ) 2007 Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing - Team Sprint (with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt ) European Champion - Sprintomnium

2008 World champion - 1000 meter time trial World Championship - Keirin World Championship - Team Sprint Dutch champion - sprint, 1000 meter time trial 2009 Dutch champion - sprint, keirin 2010 World champion - 1000 meter time trial 2011 World Championship - 1000 meter time trial World Championship - Keirin 2012 Olympic Games - Keirin Dutch champion - sprint, 1000 meter time trial 2015 Paracycling World Track Championship - Time Trial (B) as Tristan Bangma's pilot Paracycling World Track Championship - Sprint (B) as Tristan Bangma's pilot 2016 Paralympics Winner - Time Trial (B) as Tristan Bangma's pilot Paracycling World Track Championship - Sprint, Time Trial (B) as Tristan Bangma's pilot

Teams

• 2010 Equipe Cofidis
• 2012 Koga Cycling Team (until July 31)

Web links

Commons : Teun Mulder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Teun Mulder in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Teun Mulder in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Teun Mulder zet punt eighth loopbaan as a top sporter. nu.nl, September 5, 2013, accessed December 31, 2013 . 
2. ^ Gouden Teun Mulder in het zonnetje. (No longer available online.) In: de Stentor. September 20, 2016, archived from the original on November 27, 2016 ; Retrieved November 26, 2016 (Dutch). 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.  
3. ↑ Politie trots op collega Teun Mulder - politie.nl. In: politie.nl. September 20, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 (Dutch). 
4. ^ Lea van Breukelen: Zilveren Alyda en Nederlandse tandem. In: parasportnl.nl. March 15, 2019, accessed March 16, 2019 (Dutch).