Timo Fransen
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| Born | 3 June 1987 Westervoort, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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[edit]
Ter Schure and Fransen represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and they won one gold medal and two silver medals.[1] 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.[1][2][3]
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in Emmen, Netherlands, 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.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Vincent ter Schure - Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Paralympisch goud Abraham Gebru dankzij bizarre val concurrenten". NU.nl (in Dutch). 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Nederland nadert op Paralympics in Rio aantal medailles van Londen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships – Official book of results" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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