Simon van Velthooven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetSimon van Velthooven
New Zealand racing cyclist
Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1988
Place of Birth: Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand
Profession: sport cyclist
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Simon van Velthooven
- Simon Paul van Velthooven (born 8 December 1988) is a New Zealand track racing cyclist and America's Cup sailor. Simon won New Zealand's first sprint cycling medal in the Men's Keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics jointly with Teun Mulder after the race officials were unable to separate the two in a photo finish for third place.
- He has also won multiple World Championship and Commonwealth Games medals and was the 2012 World Cup champion in the 1km time trial and keirin events In 2014, he won a silver in the 1000 m time trial at the Commonwealth Games.van Velthooven joined Team New Zealand in 2015 and was one of the original "cyclors" that helped develop the revolutionary boat and was a huge asset to the team that won the 2017 America's Cup for Team New Zealand.
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