Kirsten Wild

Kirsten Wild
Personal information
Full nameKirsten Carlijn Wild
Born (1982-10-15) 15 October 1982 (age 42)
Almelo, Netherlands
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
Professional teams
2004–2005@Home Cycling Team
2006–2008AA-Drink Cycling Team
2009–2010Cervélo TestTeam
2011–2012AA Drink–leontien.nl
2013–2014Argos–Shimano
2015–2016Team Hitec Products
2017Cylance Pro Cycling
2018Wiggle High5
2019–2021WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling[2][3]
Major wins
Stage races
Ladies Tour of Qatar (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014)
Tour du Grand Montréal (2009)
Tour of Chongming Island (2014)

UCI Women's World Cup

Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT (2009, 2010)
Open de Suède Vårgårda (2010)
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup (2014)

One-day races & classics

World Track Champion (Scratch Race) (2015, 2018, 2020)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2008)
GP Stad Roeselare (2009, 2010)
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Omnium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yvelines Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Points race
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Madison
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Madison
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Madison
Silver medal – second place 2016 London Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2017 Hong Kong Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Apeldoorn Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Yvelines Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hong Kong Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pruszków Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Points race
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Madison
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Apeldoorn Points race
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yvelines Elimination race
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yvelines Points race
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Elimination race
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Elimination race
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2013 Apeldoorn Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2015 Grenchen Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yvelines Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Apeldoorn Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Yvelines Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Yvelines Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Berlin Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Madison
Women's road cycling
World Championships
Representing  Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha Road race
Representing AA Drink–leontien.nl
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
UCI Track Cycling World Championships 9 4 5
UEC European Track Championships 8 4 6
European Games 2 1 0
UCI Road World Championships 0 1 1
Total 19 10 13

Kirsten Carlijn Wild (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021,[4] for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the latter Games, in the omnium. She won eighteen medals including nine golds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[5] and eighteen medals including eight golds at the UEC European Track Championships. Wild also took over 100 victories in road racing,[6] and won two medals at the UCI Road World Championships.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference london2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ceratizit - WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ Jones, Amy (20 August 2021). "Kirsten Wild retires from her road racing career at Simac Ladies Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ "The fastest sprinters write history on the final day of the UCI Track Worlds". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Kirsten Wild bids farewell on home roads in the Simac Ladies Tour". Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.