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 20 World Championship titles, including seven titles in the team sprint (2018–2021, 2023–2025), seven consecutive titles in the individual sprint (2019–2025), four in the keirin (2020–2022, 2025), and two (2024–2025) 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".
In the UCI Track Cycling World Championships he has the record for most total gold medals (20), most gold medals in individual events (13) and most gold medals in a single edition (4 in 2025).
Major results Major championship results Event 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Olympic Games SprintNot held1Not held1NH Team sprint11 Keirin31 World Championships Sprint2 101111111 Team sprint211112111 Kilo — — — — — — —11 Keirin — 6 —111 4 81 European Championships Sprint —32 —1 —1112 Team sprint311 —11112 6 Keirin 7 51 — 6 —1112
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2016 National Track Championships 2nd Sprint 2nd Team Sprint 3rd Keirin
2017 UCI World Championships 2nd Sprint 2nd Team Sprint UEC European Championships 3rd Team Sprint 7th Keirin National Track Championships 1st 1 km Time Trial 2nd Sprint 2nd Team Sprint 5th overall UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sprint 1st Pruszków Team Sprint 1st Manchester Sprint 1st Milton Keirin
2018 UCI World Championships 1st Team Sprint 6th Keirin UEC European Championships 1st Team Sprint 3rd Sprint 5th Keirin National Championship 1st Keirin 2nd Team Sprint 3rd Sprint 4th overall 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 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1st Team Sprint European Games 1st Keirin 1st Team Sprint 2nd Sprint UEC European Championships 1st Keirin 1st Team Sprint 2nd Sprint National Championships 1st Keirin 3rd Sprint 2nd overall 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 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st Team Sprint
2021 Olympic Games 1st Sprint 1st Team Sprint 3rd Keirin UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st Team Sprint UEC European Championships 1st Sprint 1st Team Sprint 6th Keirin National Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st overall 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 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 2nd Team Sprint UEC European Championships 1st Team Sprint National Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 2nd overall 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 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup 1st overall Sprint General Classification 1st Glasgow Sprint 2nd Cali Sprint 3rd overall Keirin General Classification 1st Glasgow Keirin 3rd overall Team Sprint General Classification 3rd Glasgow Team Sprint 1st Cairo Team Sprint 2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
2023 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1st Team Sprint 4th Keirin UEC European Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st Team Sprint National Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st 1 km Time Trial 1st overall 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 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup 2nd overall Sprint General Classification 1st Jakarta Sprint 1st Jakarta Keirin 1st Cairo Sprint 1st Cairo Team Sprint 2nd Jakarta Team Sprint
2024 Olympic Games 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st Team Sprint UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1st 1 km Time Trial 1st Team Sprint 8th Keirin UEC European Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st Team Sprint National Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st overall 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 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup 5th overall Sprint General Classification 1st Milton Sprint 1st Milton Keirin 1st Milton Team Sprint
2025 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st 1 km Time Trial 1st Team Sprint UEC European Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 2nd Team Sprint National Championships 1st Sprint 1st Keirin 1st 250 m standing start 1st Sprint Cup Six Days of Rotterdam
2026 UEC European Championships 2nd Sprint 2nd Keirin
See also List of European records in track cycling List of World Championship medalists in men's keirin List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint List of Track Cycling Nations Cup medalists
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