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Tijmen van Loon
Dutch cyclist (born 2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tijmen van Loon (born 20 March 2001) is a Dutch track cyclist, who competes in sprinting events.[2][3]
In this Dutch name, the surname is van Loon, not Loon.
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Born | (2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 23) Amstelveen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team | BEAT Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
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2022– | BEAT Cycling[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Van Loon became the European Champion in the sprint event at the 2022 UEC European Under-23 Track Championships. He also competed at the 2022 UEC European Track Championships in the sprint event where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[4]
Van Loon studies political science at the Radboud University Nijmegen.[4]