Michael Vanthourenhout

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Michael Vanthourenhout

| image = Tongeren_-_Ronde_van_Limburg,_15_juni_2014_(B033).JPG

| caption = Vanthourenhout in 2014

| fullname = Michael Vanthourenhout

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|12|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bruges, Belgium

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 62 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|PSB}}

| discipline = {{ubl|Cyclo-cross|Road}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2012–2013

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|COC|2012}}

| proyears2 = 2014–

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|MNG|2014}}

| majorwins = ;Cyclo-cross

:European Championships (2022, 2023)

:National Championships (2023)

:World Cup (2024–25)

::6 individual wins (2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's cyclo-cross}}

{{MedalCountry| {{BEL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold |2015 Tábor|Under-23}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Hoogerheide|Under-23}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Valkenburg|Elite}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Tábor|Elite}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Tábor|Team relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Pontchâteau|Elite}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Namur|Elite}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Rosmalen|Elite}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Wijster|Elite}}

}}

Michael Vanthourenhout (born 10 December 1993) is a Belgian cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|PSB}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14116/1001265/257|title=Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=23 April 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423200753/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14116/1001265/257|archivedate=23 April 2020}} He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.{{cite web|title=2016 Cyclo-croos World Championships: Entries list men's elite |pages=2 |url=http://www.wk2016.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20160125_HZOL_Entries.pdf |publisher=wk2016.be |accessdate=1 February 2016 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Michael Vanthourenhout| url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=68676|publisher=cyclingarchives.com|accessdate=1 February 2016}}

He is the brother of racing cyclist Dieter Vanthourenhout.{{cite web |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20151230_02043276 |title=Dieter Vanthourenhout blijft broer Michael voor in Bredene|date=30 December 2015 |website=Het Nieuwsblad|language=Dutch|trans-title=Dieter Vanthourenhout leads brother Michael in Bredene|access-date=26 September 2016}} In August 2021 Michael Vanthourenhout married Kelly Van den Steen[https://www.tvoost.be/nieuws/wielerkoppel-michael-vanthourenhout-en-kelly-van-den-steen-getrouwd-123839 Wielerkoppel Michaël Vanthourenhout en Kelly Van den Steen getrouwd]