Timo Fransen (born 3 June 1987) is a Dutch
Paralympic cyclist competing in tandem events for the Netherlands, serving as a sighted pilot for blind cyclist
Vincent ter Schure.
Career
Ter Schure and Fransen
represented the Netherlands at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
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, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, sum ...
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and they won one gold medal and two silver medals.
They won the gold medal in the
men's road race B event and the silver medals in the
men's road time trial B and
men's individual pursuit B events.
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in
Emmen, Netherlands
Emmen () is a municipality and town of the province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands.
History
A planned city, Emmen arose from several small farming and peat-harvesting communities which have dotted the province of Drenthe since the ...
, Fransen and ter Schure won the gold medal in the time trial event. In January 2020, together with
Imke Brommer,
Larissa Klaassen and ter Schure, he won the team sprint at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and finished third in the pursuit.
References
1987 births
Living people
People from Westervoort
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic medalists in cycling
Dutch male cyclists
Paralympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists from Gelderland
21st-century Dutch people
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