Marianne Vos is a Dutch cyclist widely regarded as one of the most successful and versatile cyclists in history, male or female, competing across road racing, track cycling, cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She has won world championship titles in multiple disciplines, Olympic gold in both the road race and track omnium, and the women's Tour de France, sustaining elite success across more than fifteen years.
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Career HighlightThree-time UCI Road World Champion, eight-time UCI Cyclo-cross World Champion, and Olympic gold medalist in the points race (2008) and road race (2012). 1 Classification
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Which Olympic medals has Marianne Vos won?
Two Olympic golds (2008 points race, 2012 road race) and one silver (2024 road race).
Marianne Vos has won three Olympic medals, according to Olympedia. She took gold in the women's points race on the track at the 2008 Summer Olympics and gold in the women's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She then added a silver medal in the women's road race at the 2024 Summer Olympics, so her Olympic record spans seventeen years across track and road events.
In which cycling disciplines has Marianne Vos been a world champion?
World titles in cyclo-cross, road racing and track cycling.
Olympedia's biography says she won world titles in cyclo-cross and the road race in her first senior year, 2006, and added a third world title on the track in the points race in 2008. It describes her as the only world champion to win titles in these three disciplines. She later became cyclo-cross world champion three more times, in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike under a lifetime contract.
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Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-date clause: "born 13 May 1987"
born 13 May 1987
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-year figure: "born 13 May 1987"
born 13 May 1987
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Dutch multi-discipline cyclist
en.wikipedia.org lead paragraph, career-highlight sentence
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race.
Wikipedia, article summary lead
Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Visma-Lease a Bike under a lifetime contract.
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race.
Competed In: Tour de France, lead paragraph, competed-in
Vos was a founding member of Le Tour Entier, which campaigned for a Women's Tour de France and improvements to women's cycling generally.
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