Daphny van den Brand

Daphny van den Brand
Personal information
Full name	Daphny van den Brand
Born	6 April 1978 (age 46); Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2000	Kupfernagel
2003–2004	@Home
2005	Van Bemmelen - AA Drink
Major wins
	World Cyclo-cross Champion (2003); European Cyclo-cross Champion (2006, 2007); National Cyclo-cross Champion (10 times); National MTB Champion (2002)
Medal record
Representing the Netherlands
Women's Cyclo-cross
World Championship
European Championship

Daphny van den Brand, (born 6 April 1978 in Zeeland, North Brabant) is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle and mountain bike racer.

Daphny van den Brand started her cycling at eight. She won races thanks to her sprint.

Van den Brand joined the Dutch junior team. She won her first medal as a junior in 1993 during the cyclo-cross race in Sint-Michielsgestel, where she finished third .

Dutch mountain bike manager Leo van Zeeland asked her in 1994 to race on a mountain bike. Van den Brand took part in a race in Bergschenhoek and finished in fifth position. She rode in the European and world junior mountain biking championships and finished seventh.

Van den Brand then concentrated on mountain biking and cyclo-cross. She won eight national cyclo-cross championships and the cyclo-cross world championship 2003 in Monopoli. She also won four world bronze medals, a silver at the European championship 2005 and a gold at the 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships. In mountain biking she won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in national championships between 2001 and 2003.

Achievements

1994: 3rd in National championship cyclo-cross
1997: 1st in Gieten
1998: 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Gieten
1999: 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Gieten
2000: 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross; 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Gieten
2001: 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross; 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Gieten
2002: 2nd in Dutch National Championship Mountain bike; 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross; 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Hoogerheide
2003: 3rd in Dutch National Championship Mountain bike; 1st in World Championship Cyclo-cross in Monopoli; 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Hoogerheide; 1st in Torino; 1st in Vossem; 1st in Kalmthout
2004: 2nd in National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Netherlands National championship mountain bike; 1st in Oostmalle; 1st in Pijnacker-Nootdorp; 1st in Milan; 1st in Kalmthout; 1st in Overijse; 1st in Loenhout
2005: 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Hamburg; 1st in Kalmthout; 1st in Sint-Michielsgestel; 1st in Koppenberg; 2nd in UCI cyclo-cross European championship in Pont-Chateau; 1st in Pijnacker-Nootdorp; 1st in Milan; 1st in Hofstade; 1st in Hooglede
2006: 1st in 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships; 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Liévin; 1st in Hoogerheide; 3rd in World championship cyclo-cross; 1st in Oostmalle; 1st in Harderwijk; 1st in Frankfurt; 1st in Overijse; 1st in Veghel-Eerde
2007: 1st in 2007 UCI cyclo-cross European championship; 1st in Netherlands National championship cyclo-cross
2009: 2nd in UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Treviso (ITA)

External links

Official Daphny van den Brand website
Video of Daphny in Oostmalle
Daphny van den Brand at Cycling Archives (archived)