Elis Ligtlee

{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Elis Ligtlee

| image = 2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 53.JPG

| caption = Ligtlee in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|6|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Deventer, the Netherlands

| height = 1.85 m{{cite web|title=About me|url=http://www.elisligtlee.com/Over-mij/|website=elisligtlee.com|access-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313095656/http://www.elisligtlee.com/Over-mij/|archive-date=13 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

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| discipline = Track cycling

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| ridertype = Sprinter

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| show-medals = no

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{{MedalCountry|the {{NED}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Keirin}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Yvelines|Sprint}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 London|500m time trial}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Apeldoorn|500 m time trial}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Apeldoorn|Keirin}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Grenchen|Sprint}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Grenchen|Keirin}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Apeldoorn|Sprint}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Guadeloupe|Time Trial}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Grenchen|Time Trial}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Guadeloupe|Team Sprint}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Grenchen|Team Sprint}}

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Elis Ligtlee (born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=73239|title=Elis Ligtlee|access-date=7 February 2015|work=procyclingstats.com|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006210055/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=73239|url-status=live}} She won the gold medal in the keirin race at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/dutch-longshot-elis-ligtlee-wins-womens-keirin-gold|title=Dutch longshot Elis Ligtlee wins women's keirin gold|date=14 August 2016|publisher=NBC Olympics|access-date=4 February 2017|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103134713/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/dutch-longshot-elis-ligtlee-wins-womens-keirin-gold|url-status=dead}} Following her Olympic victory, Ligtlee was officially inducted to the Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-der-breggen-and-ligtlee-given-royal-honours-news-shorts/ |title=Van der Breggen and Ligtlee given royal honours - News shorts |author= |date=24 August 2016 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011120440/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-der-breggen-and-ligtlee-given-royal-honours-news-shorts/ |url-status=live }}