Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutchtrack cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won thesprint andteam sprint event at the2020 Summer Olympics, and adding thesprint, theteam sprint and thekeirin titles at the2024 Summer Olympics.[1] He has won 20World Championship titles, including seven titles in theteam sprint (2018–2021, 2023-2025), seven consecutive titles in theindividual sprint (2019–2025), four in thekeirin (2020–2022, 2025), and two (2024-2025) in the1km time trial, making him the most successful track cyclist at World Championships of all time. His international debut was at the2016 UEC European Track Championships in theteam sprint event.[2] He has since won 14 European Track Championship titles.
Formerly aBMX rider, he is nicknamed "The Beast".[1]
In theUCI Track Cycling World Championships he has the record for most total gold medals (20), most gold medals in individual events (13) and most gold medals in a single edition (4 in 2025).
| Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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 Olympic Games | Sprint | Not held | 1 | Not held | 1 | NH | ||||
| Team sprint | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Keirin | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
 World Championships | Sprint | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team sprint | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kilo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Keirin | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
 European Championships | Sprint | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team sprint | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Keirin | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
SprintTeam Sprint
Team Sprint
1 km Time TrialTeam SprintTeam SprintSprint KeirinSprintTeam SprintKeirinTeam Sprint
Sprint KeirinSprintKeirinTeam SprintSprintTeam Sprint
KeirinSprintKeirinTeam SprintSprintTeam Sprint Sprint Keirin
UCI Track Champions League – SprintSprintKeirinTeam SprintTeam Sprint Sprint KeirinSprintTeam SprintSprintKeirinTeam Sprint Sprint Keirin 1 km Time TrialUCI Track Champions League – SprintSprintKeirinTeam SprintSprint1 km Time TrialTeam SprintSprintKeirinTeam Sprint Sprint KeirinUCI Track Champions League – Sprint
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| Preceded by | Flag bearer for the Netherlands 2024 closing ceremony With:Femke Bol | Most recent |
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