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Matthijs Büchli (born 13 December 1992) is a Dutch road and track cyclist,^[2] who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling Club.^[3]

He became world champion in the keirin at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2016, Büchli won the silver medal in the men's keirin at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,^[4] despite experiencing a severe knee injury only five months before the Olympic Games.^[5] Büchli was also a part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the team sprint event.

Büchli has been a member of the commercial team of BEAT Cycling Club together with Theo Bos since 2017.

Major results

Source:^[6]

2011

National Championships

2nd Kilo

2nd Omnium

3rd Keirin

2012

National Championships

1st

Sprint

3rd Keirin

2013

2014

3rd Keirin, UCI World Championships

2016

2nd Keirin, Summer Olympics

2017

2nd Team sprint, UCI World Championships

2018

1st

1st

Sprint

3rd Team sprint

2019

UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1st

1st

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"Kenny grabs keirin crown; UPDATE.(Sport)." Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland). MGN Ltd. 2013. 30 April 2013
"Yates wins points race at track cycling worlds." Yakima Herald-Republic. Yakima Herald-Republic. 2013. 30 April 2013

^ "BEAT Cycling Club". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Matthijs Büchli". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ "BEAT Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Matthijs Büchli".
^ Bosse, Christian (28 November 2018). "'Keep your confidence!' Matthijs Büchli – Olympic athletes interviewed Episode 2". Christian Bosse - Train Like An Olympian.
^ "Matthijs Büchli".