Harrie Lavreysen, born on 14 March 1997, is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in the sprint events and is nicknamed The Beast. He began as a BMX rider and made his international debut in the team sprint at the 2016 European Track Championships. He won the sprint and the team sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and added the sprint, the team sprint and the keirin at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which makes him a five-time Olympic gold medalist. He has won 23 world championship titles, including eight in the team sprint, eight in the individual sprint, five in the keirin and two in the one kilometre time trial, the most of any track cyclist in history, and he has 14 European Track Championship titles as well.
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