Jolien Verschueren

{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (1990–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

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| name = Jolien Verschueren

| image = Jolien Verschuren (24479268026).jpg

| caption = Verschueren in 2015

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1990|05|07|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kortrijk, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|7|2|1990|5|7}}

| height = {{convert|162|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|46|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| discipline = Cyclo-cross

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 2015–2017

| proteam1 = Young Telenet Fidea

| proyears2 = 2017–2018

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|PSV|2017}}

| proyears3 = 2019–2021

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|PSB|2019}}

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Jolien Verschueren (7 May 1990 – 2 July 2021) was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist, who rode for UCI Cyclo-cross team {{UCI team code|PSB}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.uci.org/cyclo-cross/teams/TeamDetail/14038/1002968/268|title=Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=24 April 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423232351/https://www.uci.org/cyclo-cross/teams/TeamDetail/14038/1002968/268|archivedate=23 April 2020}} She represented her nation in the women's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.{{cite web|title=2016 Cyclo-croos World Championships: Entries list women's elite |pages=3 |url=http://www.wk2016.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20160125_HZOL_Entries.pdf |publisher=wk2016.be |accessdate=1 February 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Jolien Verschueren| url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=94582|publisher=cyclingarchives.com|accessdate=1 February 2016}}

Verschueren combined her cycling career with her work as a schoolteacher.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/koppenbergcross-renamed-grand-prix-jolien-verschueren/ |title=Koppenbergcross renamed Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren |author= |date=28 October 2021 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=25 December 2021}} She won the Koppenbergcross in 2015 and repeated this at the 2016 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Koppenbergcross, defeating the then world champion, Thalita de Jong.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/dvv-verzekeringen-trofee-koppenbergcross-2016/elite-women/results/|title=DVV verzekeringen trofee – Koppenbergcross 2016: Elite Women Results {{!}} Cyclingnews.com|newspaper=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=11 November 2016}} On 12 April 2018, there was an announcement that Verschueren underwent operation for. a malignant brain tumor removal.[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20180412_03459443 Nieuwe mokerslag voor veldrijdster Jolien Verschueren: na hersenoperatie bleek gezwel niet goedaardig] Verschueren tried to comeback in 2019 and 2020 but her health limited her to get good results. Her last race was the 2020 edition of the Koppenbergcross. Verschueren died of brain cancer on 2 July 2021.[https://sporza.be/nl/2021/07/02/veldrijdster-jolien-verschueren-31-verliest-de-strijd-tegen-ka~1625211915823/ Veldrijdster Jolien Verschueren (31) verliest de strijd tegen kanker] In October 2021, the organisers of the Koppenbergcross announced that the women's edition of the race would be known as the Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren in her memory.