Matthijs Büchli
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Matthijs Büchli (born 13 December 1992) is a Dutch road and track cyclist,[2] who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling Club.[3]
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Full name | Matthijs Büchli |
Born | (1992-12-13) 13 December 1992 (age 31) Haarlem, Netherlands |
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
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Current team | BEAT Cycling Club |
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Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
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2017– | BEAT Cycling Club[1] |
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He became world champion in the keirin at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2016, Büchli won the silver medal in the men's keirin at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,[4] despite experiencing a severe knee injury only five months before the Olympic Games.[5] Büchli was also a part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the team sprint event.
Büchli has been a member of the commercial team of BEAT Cycling Club together with Theo Bos since 2017.