Yvonne Hijgenaar

Yvonne Hijgenaar

Yvonne Hijgenaar (2010)
To person
Date of birth	May 15, 1980
nation	Netherlands
discipline	train
Driver type	Short term
End of career	2012
Most important successes
Last updated: December 22nd, 2018

Yvonne Hijgenaar (born May 15, 1980 in Alkmaar ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

Athletic career

As a teenager, Yvonne Hijgennar was interested in many sports, initially starting out with handball , playing tennis and speed skating . As a speed skater, she made it into the national squad.

In 2001, Hijgenaar bought a track bike for training purposes. For fun, she registered for a race on the track in Alkmaar and was noticed by the Dutch "bond coach " Peter Pieters , who invited her to track training. In the same year she was Dutch champion in the time trial over 500 m and second in the sprint .

In the following years, Hijgenaar won numerous national championship titles in time trial, keirin and sprint. In 2005 she won two bronze medals in the time trial and in the keirin at the World Track Championships . She was also successful internationally in the team sprint , together with Willy Kanis : the two drivers became vice world champions in 2007 . In addition, Yvonne Hijgenaar was third in the Omnium at the 2009 World Track Championships in Pruszkow . After participating in the 2012 Olympic Games in London , where she finished fifth in the sprint, she ended her cycling career.

Yvonne Hijgenaar is in a relationship with the cyclist Roy van den Berg . A child was born in August 2013.

successes

2001

• Dutch champion - 500 meter time trial

2002

• European Championship (U23) - 500-meter time trial
• Dutch champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial

2003

• Dutch champion - sprint, keirin, 500 meter time trial

2004

• Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester - 500 meter time trial
• Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - 500 meter time trial
• Dutch champion - sprint, keirin, 500 meter time trial

2005

• World Championship - Keirin, 500 meter time trial
• Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - 500 meter time trial
• Dutch champion - sprint, keirin, 500 meter time trial

2006

• Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - 500 meter time trial
• Track Cycling World Cup in Moscow - team sprint (with Willy Kanis )

2007

• Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Team Sprint (with Willy Kanis )
• Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester - Team Sprint (with Willy Kanis )
• Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - Team Sprint (with Willy Kanis )
• Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing - Team Sprint (with Willy Kanis )

2008

• Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Team Sprint (with Willy Kanis )
• Track Cycling World Cup in Melbourne - Team Sprint (with Willy Kanis )
• European Champion - Sprint-Omnium

2009

• World Championship - Omnium
• Track Cycling World Cup in Melbourne - Team Sprint (with Willy Kanis )

2011

• Dutch champion - sprint

2012

• Dutch champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial

Web links

Commons : Yvonne Hijgenaar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Yvonne Hijgenaar in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Yvonne Hijgenaar in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Yvonne Hijgenaar's website (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Baanploeg blijft steken op één medaille. In: volkskrant.nl. February 24, 2013, accessed December 21, 2018 (Dutch).