Sipke Zijlstra (born 13 April 1985) is a

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

from

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. He participated in the team pursuit at the 2009 and

2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2010. They took place at the Ballerup Super Arena in Ballerup, Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_ty ...

. In the under-23 category he won the bronze medal in the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

at the

2007 UEC European Track Championships The 2007 European Track Championships were the European Championships for track cycling, for junior and under 23 riders. They took place in Cottbus, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central ...

. In 2010 he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the

2010 UEC European Track Championships The 2010 European Track Championships were the inaugural elite European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the BGŻ Arena in Pruszków, Poland, between 5 and 7 November. All ten Olympic events ( sprint, team sprint, keirin ...

, together with

Levi Heimans Levi Heimans (born 24 July 1985 in Diemen, North Holland) is a Dutch track cyclist. Heimans represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with Jens Mouris, Peter Sc ...

, Arno van der Zwet and Tim Veldt in Pruszków, Poland.

References

1985 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Tytsjerksteradiel Dutch track cyclists Cyclists from Friesland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub