Laura Turpijn

Laura Turpijn (Nijmegen, december 26 1978) is a Dutch mountain bike star. She was multiple Dutch champion Netherlands on this discipline and represented a number of times by a European and World Championship.

After the HIGH SCHOOL, she attended the Academy of physical education. Her breakthrough year was in 2007 by both Dutch champion in the marathon as the Cross Country (XC). They should start that year at the European Championship Cross Country in Fort William, but could there due to material bad luck in the last round play no significant role.

In 2010 she was at the European Championship Cross Country in Haifa eleventh and had to match the Canadian Cross Country World Championship in Mont-Sainte-Annesettle for a 33rd place. In 2011, she was sixth at the European Championship marathon in the Austrian Kleinzell. She had to admit more than 21 minutes on this winner from Finland Pia Sundstedt.

During a health check prior to the World Championships 2002 in Kaprun with her foreign blood values were measured. Her hemoglobin value was 16.2 and thehaematocrit was 47.6 while up to 47.0 is allowed. The Royal Dutch Cycling Union was convinced of her innocence and asked the International Cycling Union to perform adoping control . From this test came that she was innocent. [1]

In addition to mountain biking are her hobbies having fun and movie watching. ==International championships[ Edit] == ==Victories[ Edit] == ==Teams[ Edit] ==
 * 2007: 34th WORLD CUP XC in Fort William
 * 2010: 11th EK XC in Haifa
 * 2010: 33rd WORLD CUP XC in Mont-Sainte-Anne
 * 2011: 6th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS marathon in Kleinzell
 * NK XC: 2007, 2009, 2012
 * NK marathon: 2007, 2008, 2010
 * Beach Challenge: 2007
 * BeNeLux Championship MTB: 2006
 * Sajja Rabobank Trophy MTB: 2010, 2011
 * Antwerp Cup: 2011
 * Oldenzaal MTB: 2006
 * London: 2006
 * Inland Navigation-Merida MTB Team: 2006-2011
 * MPL Specialized: 2012-present