Monique Knol (born 31 March 1964 in
Wolvega
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,
Friesland
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) is a former
racing cyclist
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from the
Netherlands
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, who won a medal in two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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(gold and bronze), starting in
1988
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in
Seoul, South Korea
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. There she won the road race, taking a bronze in the same event four years later in
Barcelona, Spain
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.
She later retired from competitive cycling.
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 ...
References
External links
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Dutch Olympic Committee
1964 births
Living people
Dutch female cyclists
Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
People from Weststellingwerf
Olympic medalists in cycling
UCI Road World Champions (women)
UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists from Friesland
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch women
21st-century Dutch women
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