Jens Mouris is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 racing cyclist.

Mouris represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with John den Braber, Robert Slippens

Robert Slippens

Robertus Michiel Joseph Lucas Maria Jacobus 'Robert' Slippens is a Dutch racing cyclist.Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he participated in the four kilometer team pursuit alongside...

 and Wilco Zuijderwijk. They ended up in seventh position after being lapped by the Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 in the quarter finals. Four years later Mouris qualified for the same disciplines to participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. This time the new team featuring Levi Heimans

Levi Heimans

Levi Heimans is a Dutch track cyclist.Heimans represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with Jens Mouris, Peter Schep and Jeroen Straathof. They ended up in fifth position...

, Peter Schep

Peter Schep

Pieter Otto Schep is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling endurance events.-Biography:...

 and Jeroen Straathof

Jeroen Straathof

Johannes Nicolaas Maria Straathof is a retired Dutch racing cyclist and speed skater. Straathof was the first, and still the only, athlete in the world to represent his country at the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics.Straathof started his sports career as a speed skater,...

 came fifth.

Palmares

1998

, World U19 Points Race Championship

1999

1st, Ronde van de Haarlemmermeer

2000

1st, Westfriese Dorpenomloop

2nd, National U23 Time Trial Championship

3rd, National Kilometer Championship

2001

1st, Joseph Sunde Memorial

Joseph Sunde Memorial

The Joseph Sunde Memorial is a single day road cycling race held in Australia. The race exists of only a men's race.-Past winners:-References:*...

2nd, National U23 Time Trial Championship

2002

1st, Grote Rivierenprijs

2nd, Australian U23 Time Trial Championship

2nd, National Pursuit Championship

3rd, Olympia's Tour

Olympia's Tour

The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in May in the Netherlands.-History:A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia’s Tour was in 1909, with three stages and one rest day...

Winner Prologue

2004

Pursuit Champion

1st, Ronde van Overijssel

1st, Omloop van de Glazen Stad

2005

1st, Pursuit in Moscow

Moscow

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 (World Cup)

1st, Prologue, Ronde van Antwerpen

, World Team Pursuit Championship

2006

  European Omnium Champion

1st, Madison in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 (World Cup)

World Pursuit Championship

2nd, Tour du Brabant Wallon

Winner Stages 2 & 3

2007

  European Madison Champion (with Peter Schep

Peter Schep

Pieter Otto Schep is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling endurance events.-Biography:...

)

1st, Madison in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 (World Cup)

3rd, European Omnium Championship

2010

1st, Ronde van het Groene Hart

Ronde van het Groene Hart

The Ronde van het Groene Hart is a road bicycle race held in Groene Hart, Netherlands. The first edition of the race, in 2007, was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The 203 km race started in Leiden and finished in Woerden, passing through Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Utrecht.-...

External links

• Mouris at the Dutch Olympic Archive