Jasmin Duehring (néeGlaesser; born July 8, 1992) is a German-born Canadiancyclist, who currently rides for American amateur teamVirginia's Blue Ridge–Twenty28.[4] Duehring was part of the Canadian team that won bronze medals at the2012 Summer Olympics and the2016 Summer Olympics in the women'steam pursuit. She was also part of the team that won gold at the 2011Pan American Games in the team pursuit.
Duehring took up cycling in 2009[5] when seeking a lower-impact sport after suffering hip injuries as a runner whilst atTerry Fox Secondary School. Glaesser also participated in ballet and figure skating whilst growing up.[6]
Her first competition for Canada was at the2011 Pan American Games where she won gold for her new nation. Duehring then appeared for Canada at the2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, there she won a silver in thepoints race before adding a bronze as a member of theteam pursuit.[7] She built onto this the next season, where she finished in preparation for the Olympics second in theteam pursuit at the Track Cycling World Cup in London in February 2012 and won bronze as a part of the Canada's women's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympics together withTara Whitten andGillian Carleton.[8] After winning the bronze Duehring said "We were so ready to just go out there and do our best. Team Canada, in coming here, has a saying, ‘Give Your Everything, and that was kind of our motto — leave everything out there."[9]
In 2016, she was officially named inCanada's 2016 Olympic team, and again won a bronze medal.[10]
She has qualified to represent Canada at the2020 Summer Olympics.[11]
Duehring was born inPaderborn, Germany and currently resides inVancouver,British Columbia.[1] She moved to Canada at the age of eight when her father took a position atSimon Fraser University teaching computer science.[6] She received her Canadian citizenship shortly before the 2012 Olympics.[12]
Team pursuit,Pan American Games
Points race
Team pursuit
Team pursuit,Olympic Games Team pursuit,2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Aguascalientes Team pursuit, Manchester Points race, Aguascalientes Team pursuit, AguascalientesTeam pursuit,UCI Track World Championships Team pursuit,2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Guadalajara
Points race Individual pursuitTeam pursuitPoints race Team pursuit, Guadalajara Points race, London Team pursuit, LondonTeam pursuit (withAllison Beveridge,Laura Brown andKirsti Lay)Omnium Cali CambridgeTeam pursuit,UCI Track World Championships Points race Team pursuit (withAriane Bonhomme,Kinley Gibson andJamie Gilgen) Individual pursuit Team pursuit Points racePoints raceTeam pursuit (withAllison Beveridge,Kirsti Lay andGeorgia Simmerling)Team pursuit,Olympic Games (withAllison Beveridge,Kirsti Lay andGeorgia Simmerling) Scratch Team pursuit Points race,2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, MiltonPoints race,UCI Track World Championships Cambridge BrisbaneRoad raceTime trial
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