What is Lara van Ruijven?
[[File:Short track speed skating training 17 February, 2014 Winter Olympics(7).JPG|right|220px]] '''Lara Victoria van Ruijven''' ({{IPA-nl|ˈlaːraː vɑn ˈrœyvən}}; 28 December 1992{{spnd}}10 July 2020) was a Dutch [[Short track speed skating|short track speed skater]]. She was born in [[Naaldwijk]], [[the Netherlands]]. At the [[2018 Winter Olympics]], she was part of the Dutch [[Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay|3000 metres relay]] team that won a bronze medal. She won gold at the [[2019 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]] one year later. Van Ruijven was hospitalized on 25 June 2020 after falling ill from an [[autoimmune disease]] in [[Perpignan]], [[France]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Speed Skating: World champion Van Ruijven critical condition after falling ill in France|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-speedskating-netherlands-vanruijven/speed-skating-world-champion-van-ruijven-critical-condition-after-falling-ill-in-france-idUSKBN2425KB|date=10 July 2020|access-date=10 July 2020|work=Reuters}}</ref> She died on 10 July 2020, aged 27.<ref name=AP>{{cite news|title=Dutch short-track world champion Van Ruijven dies at age 27|url=https://apnews.com/e4733210ebf43a43d3b96b7cf19dbd96|date=10 July 2020|access-date=10 July 2020|work=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 10, 2020|title=Shorttrackster Lara van Ruijven (27) overleden|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2340261-shorttrackster-lara-van-ruijven-27-overleden.html|website=NOS}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruijven, Lara van}} [[Category:1992 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2018 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Deaths from autoimmune disease]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands]] [[Category:Dutch speed skaters]] [[Category:Sportspeople from South Holland]] {{sports-bio-stub}}