Jolien Verschueren

Jolien Verschueren
	Verschueren in 2015
Personal information
Born	7 May 1990; Kortrijk, Belgium
Died	2 July 2021 (aged 31)
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2015–2017	Young Telenet Fidea
2017–2018	Pauwels Sauzen–Vastgoedservice
2019–2021	Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal

Jolien Verschueren (7 May 1990 – 2 July 2021) was a Belgian

women's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.^[2]^[3]

Verschueren combined her cycling career with working as a schoolteacher.

Koppenbergcross in 2015 and repeated this at the 2016 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Koppenbergcross 2016, besting world champion Thalita de Jong.^[5] On 12 April 2018, it was announced that earlier that week Verschueren was operated on to remove a malignant brain tumor.^[6] Verschueren tried a comeback in 2019 and 2020 but her health did not allow for good results. Her last race was the 2020 edition of the Koppenbergcross.^[4] Verschueren died of brain cancer on 2 July 2021.^[7] In October 2021 the organisers of the Koppenbergcross announced that the women's edition of the race would be known as the Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren in her memory.^[4]

References

^ "Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ "2016 Cyclo-croos World Championships: Entries list women's elite" (PDF). wk2016.be. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Jolien Verschueren". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Koppenbergcross renamed Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren". cyclingnews.com. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "DVV verzekeringen trofee – Koppenbergcross 2016: Elite Women Results | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
^ Nieuwe mokerslag voor veldrijdster Jolien Verschueren: na hersenoperatie bleek gezwel niet goedaardig
^ Veldrijdster Jolien Verschueren (31) verliest de strijd tegen kanker

External links

Jolien Verschueren at ProCyclingStats
Jolien Verschueren at Cycling Archives

[1] "Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[2] "2016 Cyclo-croos World Championships: Entries list women's elite" (PDF). wk2016.be. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Jolien Verschueren". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[memorial-4] "Koppenbergcross renamed Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren". cyclingnews.com. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

[5] "DVV verzekeringen trofee – Koppenbergcross 2016: Elite Women Results | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

[6] Nieuwe mokerslag voor veldrijdster Jolien Verschueren: na hersenoperatie bleek gezwel niet goedaardig

[7] Veldrijdster Jolien Verschueren (31) verliest de strijd tegen kanker

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