Mathias Møller Nielsen
Danish cyclist (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mathias Møller Nielsen (born 19 March 1994 in Gentofte) is a Danish amateur road and track cyclist.[1][2] He helped his Danish squad claim a gold medal in the men's junior team pursuit at the 2012 European Track Cycling Championships in Anadia, Portugal, and later represented his nation Denmark at the Summer Olympics in London.[3] At the peak of his early sporting career, Nielsen currently rides for the Blue Water Cycling Team and Team Trefor-Blue Water.
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Full name | Mathias Møller Nielsen | |||||||||||
Born | (1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 30) Gentofte, Denmark | |||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||
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Discipline | Road, track | |||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||
Rider type | Pursuit | |||||||||||
Amateur teams | ||||||||||||
2013 | Blue Water Cycling | |||||||||||
2014 | Team TreFor–Blue Water | |||||||||||
2016 | Team TreFor | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Nielsen qualified for the Danish squad in the men's team pursuit at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings.[4] He and his teammates Michael Mørkøv, Rasmus Quaade, and Casper von Folsach surpassed the Spaniards by a short distance gap for a fifth-place finish in their final match at 4:02.671.[5][6]