Connie Meijer
{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (1963–1988)}}
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|birth_date= 5 February 1963
|birth_place= Vlaardingen, the Netherlands
|death_date=17 August 1988 (aged 25)
|death_place=Naaldwijk, the Netherlands
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{{MedalCompetition|UCI Road World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1987 Villach|Road race}}
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Connie Meijer (5 February 1963 – 17 August 1988) was a Dutch cyclist who won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1987 UCI Road World Championships. She won a national title in this event in 1984, as well as individual stages of the Tour of Norway in 1987 and 1988.
On 17 August 1988, while competing in a criterium in Naaldwijk, she complained of severe nausea and died on the way to the hospital. Initial reports stated that she died of a brain hemorrhage. However, later reports stated that she died of a heart attack, likely caused by a neglected flu.
In her memory, the Connie Meijer Trofee was created, for which women compete in Parel van de Veluwe (Meijer herself won this race in 1988).
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[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5667 Connie Meijer]. cyclingarchives.com
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Category:Dutch female cyclists
Category:Sportspeople from Vlaardingen
Category:UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands