# Harrie Lavreysen

Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team sprint and the keirin titles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He has won 16 World Championship titles, including six titles in the team sprint (2018–2021, 2023-2024), six consecutive titles in the individual sprint (2019–2024), three in the keirin (2020–2022), as well as one (2024) in the 1km time trial, making him the most successful track cyclist at World Championships of all time. His international debut was at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint event. He has since won 14 European Track Championship titles.
Formerly a BMX rider, he is nicknamed "The Beast".

## Major championship results

| Event | Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Olympic Games | Sprint | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 1 | Not held | Not held | 1 | NH | NH |
| Olympic Games | Team sprint | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 1 | Not held | Not held | 1 | NH | NH |
| Olympic Games | Keirin | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 3 | Not held | Not held | 1 | NH | NH |
| World Championships | Sprint | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| World Championships | Team sprint | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| World Championships | Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| World Championships | Keirin | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| European Championships | Sprint | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| European Championships | Team sprint | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| European Championships | Keirin | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Major results
### 2015

    1st 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint

### 2016

    2nd 2016 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    2nd 2016 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
    3rd 2016 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin

### 2017

    2nd 2017 World Championship – Sprint
    2nd 2017 World Championship – Team Sprint
    3rd 2017 European Championship – Team Sprint
    7th 2017 European Championship – Keirin
    1st 2017 Netherlands National Championship – 1 km Time Trial
    2nd 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    2nd 2017 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
    5th overall 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint
       1st Pruszków Team Sprint
       1st Manchester Sprint
       1st Milton Keirin

### 2018

    1st 2018 World Championship – Team Sprint
    6th 2018 World Championship – Keirin
    1st 2018 European Championship – Team Sprint
    3rd 2018 European Championship – Sprint
    5th 2018 European Championship – Keirin
    1st 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
    2nd 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Team Sprint
    3rd 2018 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    4th overall 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint
       1st Milton Team Sprint
       1st Berlin Team Sprint
       1st London Sprint
       1st London Team Sprint
       2nd Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sprint
       2nd Milton Sprint

### 2019

    1st 2019 World Championship – Sprint
    1st 2019 World Championship – Team Sprint
    1st 2019 European Games – Keirin
    1st 2019 European Games – Team Sprint
    2nd 2019 European Games – Sprint
    1st 2019 European Championship – Keirin
    1st 2019 European Championship – Team Sprint
    2nd 2019 European Championship – Sprint
    1st 2019 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
    3rd 2019 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    2nd overall 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint
       1st Minsk Sprint
       1st Minsk Keirin
       1st Minsk Team Sprint
       1st Glasgow Sprint
       1st Glasgow Team Sprint
       1st Hong Kong Sprint
       1st Hong Kong Team Sprint
       4th Hong Kong Keirin

### 2020

    1st 2020 World Championship – Sprint
    1st 2020 World Championship – Keirin
    1st 2020 World Championship – Team Sprint

### 2021

    1st 2020 Olympic Event – Sprint
    1st 2020 Olympic Event – Team Sprint
    3rd 2020 Olympic Event – Keirin
    1st 2021 World Championship – Sprint
    1st 2021 World Championship – Keirin
    1st 2021 World Championship – Team Sprint
    1st 2021 European Championship – Sprint
    1st 2021 European Championship – Team Sprint
    6th 2021 European Championship – Keirin
    1st 2021 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    1st 2021 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
    1st overall 2021 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
       1st Palma Sprint
       1st Panevėžys Keirin
       1st Panevėžys Sprint
       1st London 1 Sprint
       1st London 2 Sprint
       2nd Palma Keirin
       4th London 1 Keirin
       2nd London 2 Keirin

### 2022

    1st 2022 World Championship – Sprint
    1st 2022 World Championship – Keirin
    2nd 2022 World Championship – Team Sprint
    1st 2022 European Championship - Team Sprint
    1st 2022 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    1st 2022 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
    2nd overall 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
       1st Palma Keirin
       1st Berlin Keirin
       1st Paris Sprint
       1st London 1 Sprint
       1st London 2 Sprint
       2nd Palma Sprint
       2nd Berlin Sprint
       2nd Paris Keirin
       2nd London 2 Keirin
       4th London 1 Keirin
    1st overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
       1st Glasgow Sprint
       2nd Cali Sprint
    3rd overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Keirin
       1st Glasgow Keirin
    3rd overall 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Team Sprint
       3rd Glasgow Team Sprint
       1st Cairo Team Sprint
       2nd Jakarta Team Sprint

### 2023

    1st 2023 World Championship – Sprint
    1st 2023 World Championship – Team Sprint
    4th 2023 World Championship – Keirin
    1st 2023 European Championship – Sprint
    1st 2023 European Championship – Keirin
    1st 2023 European Championship – Team Sprint
    1st 2023 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    1st 2023 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
    1st 2023 Netherlands National Championship – 1 km Time Trial
    1st overall 2023 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
       1st Palma Keirin
       1st Palma Sprint
       1st Berlin Keirin
       1st Berlin Sprint
       1st Paris Keirin
       1st London 1 Sprint
       1st London 2 Keirin
       2nd Paris Sprint
       2nd London 1 Keirin
       2nd London 2 Sprint
    2nd overall 2023 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
       1st Jakarta Sprint
       1st Jakarta Keirin
       1st Cairo Sprint
       1st Cairo Team Sprint
       2nd Jakarta Team Sprint

### 2024

    1st 2024 Olympic Event – Sprint
    1st 2024 Olympic Event – Keirin
    1st 2024 Olympic Event – Team Sprint
    1st 2024 World Championship – Sprint
    1st 2024 World Championship – 1 km Time Trial
    1st 2024 World Championship – Team Sprint
    8th 2024 World Championship – Keirin
    1st 2024 European Championship – Sprint
    1st 2024 European Championship – Keirin
    1st 2024 European Championship – Team Sprint
    1st 2024 Netherlands National Championship – Sprint
    1st 2024 Netherlands National Championship – Keirin
    1st overall 2024 UCI Track Champions League – Sprint
       1st Apeldoorn 1 Sprint
       1st Apeldoorn 2 Sprint
       1st London 1 Sprint
       1st London 1 Keirin
       1st London 2 Sprint
       2nd Paris Sprint
       2nd Paris Keirin
       2nd Apeldoorn 1 Keirin
       3rd Apeldoorn 2 Keirin
    5th overall 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup – Sprint
       1st Milton Sprint
       1st Milton Keirin
       1st Milton Team Sprint

### 2025

    1st 2025 European Championship – Sprint
    1st 2025 European Championship – Keirin
    2nd 2025 European Championship – Team Sprint