Caroline Groot
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Andijk, Netherlands | 4 September 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 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 first 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 an 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 (in Nederlands). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Cycling Track - GROOT Caroline". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "2018UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships - Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Apeldoorn 2019: Caroline Groot's home heroics". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "O'Brien earns gold and world record at UCI Para-Cycling Track World Champs". insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Cycling Track - Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Kadeena Cox wins cycling gold to kick off Paralympic multisport double bid". The Guardian. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Another World Record in the Velodrome! This Time in the Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial ... - Latest Tweet by Paralympic Games | 🏆 LatestLY". LatestLY. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Paralympics: Track cyclists off the pace in women's C4-5 500m time trial". Stuff. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links
- Caroline Groot at the International Paralympic Committee
- Caroline Groot at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Dutch female cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic cyclists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- People from Andijk
- Cyclists from North Holland
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen