Caroline Groot
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1997 Andijk, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caroline Groot (born 4 September 1997) is a Dutch Paralympic cyclist who competes in C5 classification.[1] She made her maiden Paralympic appearance during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]
Career
Caroline claimed gold medal in C5 scratch race at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.[3]
She pulled off a major upset at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships where she beat much fancied British veteran cyclist Sarah Storey to claim gold medal in the women's 500m time trial event.[4] She retained her title in the 500m time trial C5 event at the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships with a timing of 36.159.[5]
She represented Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and competed in women's C4-5 where she claimed a bronze medal.[6][7] She also set a new world record in women's C5 500m time trial with a record timing of 35.599 to she win the bronze medal.[8][9]
References
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Caroline Groot". dewielersite.nl. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Athletics Caroline Groot - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ 2018UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships - Official Results
- ^ "Apeldoorn 2019: Caroline Groot's home heroics". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "O'Brien earns gold and world record at UCI Para-Cycling Track World Champs". www.insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Cycling Track - Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Kadeena Cox wins cycling gold to kick off Paralympic multisport double bid". the Guardian. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Another World Record in the Velodrome! This Time in the Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial ... - Latest Tweet by Paralympic Games | 🏆 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Paralympics: Track cyclists off the pace in women's C4-5 500m time trial". Stuff. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Dutch female cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic cyclists of the Netherlands
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- People from Andijk
- Cyclists from North Holland
- 21st-century Dutch women