Caroline Groot
{{Short description|Dutch Paralympic cyclist (born 1997)}}
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| nationality = Dutch
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| birth_place = Andijk, Netherlands
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| sport = Paralympic athletics
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{{Medal|Sport | Women's para-cycling}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|C4-5 time trial}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2020 Tokyo|C4-5 time trial}}
{{Medal|Competition|Track World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2018 Rio de Janeiro|Scratch race C4-5}}
{{Medal|Gold|2019 Apeldoorn|500m time trial}}
{{Medal|Gold|2020 Milton|500m time trial}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines|500m time trial}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Glasgow|500m time trial C5}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Rio de Janeiro|500m time trial C5}}
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Caroline Groot (born 4 September 1997) is a Dutch Paralympic cyclist who competes in C5 classification.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=Cycling |title=Caroline Groot |url=http://dewielersite.nl/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=155575 |access-date=27 August 2021 |website=dewielersite.nl |language=nl}} She made her first Paralympic appearance during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.{{Cite web |title=Cycling Track - GROOT Caroline |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1708830-groot-caroline.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=27 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827063323/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1708830-groot-caroline.htm |archive-date=27 August 2021}}
Career
Caroline claimed gold medal in C5 scratch race at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://paraworlds2018.veloresults.com/results%20book.pdf |title=2018UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships - Official Results |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214235329/http://paraworlds2018.veloresults.com/results%20book.pdf |url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Apeldoorn 2019: Caroline Groot's home heroics |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/apeldoorn-2019-caroline-groot-s-home-heroics |access-date=27 August 2021 |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee}} 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.{{Cite web |date= |title=O'Brien earns gold and world record at UCI Para-Cycling Track World Champs |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1089911/obrien-uci-para-cycling-world-champs |url-status=live |access-date=27 August 2021 |website=insidethegames.biz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731194643/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1089911/obrien-uci-para-cycling-world-champs |archive-date=31 July 2020}}
She represented Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and competed in women's C4-5 where she claimed a bronze medal.{{Cite web |title=Cycling Track - Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial Schedule |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/event-schedule-women-s-c4-5-500m-time-trial.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=27 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825054338/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/event-schedule-women-s-c4-5-500m-time-trial.htm |archive-date=25 August 2021}}{{Cite web |date=27 August 2021 |title=Kadeena Cox wins cycling gold to kick off Paralympic multisport double bid |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/27/kadeena-cox-wins-cycling-gold-to-kick-off-paralympic-multisport-double-bid |access-date=27 August 2021 |website=The Guardian}} 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.{{Cite web |date=27 August 2021 |title=Another World Record in the Velodrome! This Time in the Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial ... - Latest Tweet by Paralympic Games | 🏆 LatestLY |url=https://www.latestly.com/socially/sports/another-world-record-in-the-velodrome-this-time-in-the-womens-c4-5-500m-time-trial-latest-tweet-by-paralympic-games-2785346.html |access-date=27 August 2021 |website=LatestLY}}{{Cite web |date=27 August 2021 |title=Paralympics: Track cyclists off the pace in women's C4-5 500m time trial |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/paralympics/126211731/paralympics-track-cyclists-off-the-pace-in-womens-c45-500m-time-trial |access-date=27 August 2021 |website=Stuff}}
She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics and she beat the home favourite, Marie Patouillet, in the women’s C4-5 500m time trial final. The Tokyo silver medallist Kate O’Brien came third.{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Jon |title=Team LGBTQ athletes on podium in Paris Paralympics’ first medal event |url=https://www.outsports.com/2024/8/29/24100858/marie-patouillet-paralympics-paris-france-cycling-kate-obrien-team-lgbtq/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=OutSports |language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:Dutch female cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in cycling