Linda Villumsen

Who is Linda Villumsen?

Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup is a Danish-born road racing cyclist who became a citizen of New Zealand in 2009 and rides under a Kiwi license from 2010 onwards.

She was Danish national champion in both road racing and time trialling in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She finished 5th in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, third in the women's time trial at the 2009 World Championships in Mendriso and second in the women's time trial at the 2011 World Championships in Copenhagen.

Villumsen competed for New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She finished 18th in the road race and fourth in the time trial, missing out on a medal by less than two seconds.

At April 2014 she is the only New Zealand senior cyclist to have won an individual medal at UCI Road World Championships. She has won 4 individual medals for New Zealand and 1 for Denmark.

In September 2014 the UnitedHealthcare Women's Team announced that they had signed Villumsen for the 2015 season after two seasons with Wiggle-Honda.