Elis Ligtlee

Elis Ligtlee

Ligtlee in 2015
Personal information
Born (1994-06-28) 28 June 1994
Deventer, the Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Team information
Discipline Track cycling
Rider type Sprinter

Elis Ligtlee (born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[2] She won the gold medal in the Keirin at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Following her Olympic victory she was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[3]

References

  1. "About me". elisligtlee.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. "Elis Ligtlee". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. "Van der Breggen and Ligtlee given royal honours - News shorts". cyclingnews.com. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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