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 ) , 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 {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub