Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992) is a Dutch former professional mountain biker and cyclo-cross cyclist.

Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer, and a bronze medal in 2010 in Haifa. In 2011 he became Dutch National Champion for the 9th time. 

In 2010 van der Heijden became World Champion XCO juniors in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, making him the second Dutch XCO World Champion after Bart Brentjens. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished

Major results

Mountain bike

2009
 1st  Cross-country, National Junior Championships
 2nd  Cross-country, European Junior Championships
 3rd  Mixed team relay, European Championships
2010
 1st  Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
 1st  Cross-country, National Junior Championships
 UCI Junior XCO World Cup
1st Dalby Forest
1st Offenbourg
1st Houffalize
 3rd  Cross-country, European Junior Championships
2012
 1st  Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Windham
2nd Nové Město
 2nd  Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
 2nd  Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships
 3rd  Mixed team relay, European Championships
2013
 1st  Cross-country, National Championships
 3rd  Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
3rd Albstadt
3rd Hafjell
3rd Nové Město
2014
 1st  Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
 1st  Cross-country, National Championships
 2nd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd Nové Město
2nd Albstadt
2nd Pietermaritzburg
3rd Méribel
3rd Cairns
 2nd  Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships
2015
 1st  Cross-country, National Championships
2016
 3rd Cross-country, National Championships
2017
 1st  Cross-country, National Championships
2018
 3rd Cross-country, National Championships

Cyclo-cross

2008–2009
 3rd Zonnebeke Juniors
 3rd Hoogstraten, Junior Superprestige
2009–2010
 1st Kopenberg, Junior Gazet van Antwerpen
 2nd National Junior Championships
 3rd  European Junior Championships
 3rd Gavere, Junior Superprestige
 4th Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup
2nd Koksijde
2011–2012
 3rd  UCI World Under-23 Championships
 3rd Hoogerheide, UCI Under-23 World Cup
2012–2013
 1st Citadelcross Under-23
 2nd Koksijde, UCI Under-23 World Cup
2013–2014
 2nd Grand Prix Hotel Threeland

References

1992 births
Living people
Dutch male cyclists
Dutch mountain bikers
Cross-country mountain bikers
Cyclo-cross cyclists
Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch
European Games competitors for the Netherlands
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
Cyclists from North Brabant
21st-century Dutch people