title: Monique Knol
text: # Monique Knol
  
  Monique Knol (born 31 March 1964 in Wolvega, Friesland) is a former racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won a medal in two consecutive Summer Olympics (gold and bronze), starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the road race, taking a bronze in the same event four years later in Barcelona, Spain. She later retired from competitive cycling.
  
  ## Major Results
  
  ### 1987
  
      Postgiro féminin
         1st Stage 3 & 4
      Tour de France Femmes
         1st Stage 2 & 8
      1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
  
  ### 1988
  
      1st Road race, National Road Championships
      Tour de France Femmes
         1st Prologue & Stage 2
      1st Road race, Olympic Games
  
  ### 1989
  
      Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
         1st Prologue & Stage 7
      Postgiro féminin
         1st Stage 2 & 4
      Tour de France Femmes
         1st Stage 1,2,10 & 11
  
  ### 1990
  
      1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
  
  ### 1991
  
      National Road Championships
         2nd Road race
         3rd Time trial
  
  ### 1992
  
      Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
         1st Stage 1 & 6
      3rd Road race, Olympic Games
      National Road Championships
         3rd Road race
         4th Time trial
  
  ### 1993
  
      Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
         1st Stage 1a & 2
  