Laura Smulders (born 9 December 1993) is a Dutch racing
cyclist
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...
who represents the Netherlands in
BMX
BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.
History
BMX began during the earl ...
. She competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the
women's BMX event
where she won the bronze medal.
Personal
Her younger sister,
Merel Smulders
Merel Smulders (born 23 January 1998 in Horssen) is a Dutch BMX rider.
Career
She was the silver medal winner at the 2018 UCI BMX World Championships behind her sister Laura Smulders. Prior to this became junior World Time Trial Champion at t ...
is also a BMX rider and became junior World Time Trial Champion at the
2016 UCI BMX World Championships
The 2016 UCI BMX World Championships was the twenty-first edition of the UCI BMX World Championships, which took place over 25–29 May 2016 in Medellín, Colombia to crown world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX.
Medal summary
Med ...
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See also
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List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines ( BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not com ...
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1993 births
Living people
BMX riders
Dutch female cyclists
Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in cycling
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
European Games competitors for the Netherlands
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
UCI BMX World Champions (elite women)
Sportspeople from Nijmegen
Cyclists from Gelderland
21st-century Dutch women
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