As a kid, Haak was encouraged to sport. His parents put him on judo, so he could learn how to fall. His main sport would be field hockey. His interest in cycling grew when he saw his uncle and nephew riding recreative tours and he watched the spring classics and the Tour de France. A kid down the road was a member of road racing club Rennersclub Jan van Arckel, and Haak went along with him and was hooked. He joined the club at age 12 and quit hockey two years later, because the matches and races were both on Saturdays, and he preferred the successes and more competitive nature of cycling.[2][3]
From the road to track racesEdit
The focus of his junior years was to enjoy himself while cycling. He wasn't a lazy cyclist, but his peers were more fanatic, trained more and progressed faster. At a track cycling clinic of the Royal Dutch Cycling Union, Haak discovered that while he lost the winning streak on the road, on the track he could beat his peers. His talent was confirmed when he won a silver medal at the Sprint and a bronze medal at Keirin, at the 2008 Dutch Junior Track Championships. This led to an invitation to stay and train at the Dutch National Sports Centre Papendal. In his last year of high school (VWO), Haak devoted two days of the week to track cycling at Papendal. His roommate was Matthijs Büchli. When Haak and Büchli, the top 2 riders of the Netherlands, ended up on 63rd and 64th place at the sprint of the 2009 Junior World Championships in Moscow, they got inspired to do better.[2]
Part of the Dutch national sprint teamEdit
National coach René Wolff added Haak to the national team and laid the foundations of the Dutch successes in later years. The focus was put on performing as a team, and individual successes would follow accordingly. The 2012 London Olympic Games came too early for the young team, but the successes grew and culminated in a bronze medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships (with Büchli and Jeffrey Hoogland), a gold medal at the 2015 European Championships (with Nils van 't Hoenderdaal and Hoogland) and a silver medal at the 2016 World Championships (with Van 't Hoenderdaal, Hoogland and Büchli). The team successes inspired Theo Bos and Roy van den Berg to return to track cycling. Bos performed better than Haak at the Dutch selection ride-off in Roubaix in July 2016, and Haak was not selected to join the 2016 Olympic TeamNL.[4]
Individual successesEdit
In the 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics Haak won silver in Beijing, China, at the 1 km time trial. He won a silver medal at the 2012 European Under 23 Championships at the 1 kilometer individual time trial, and a bronze medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships at the 200 meter sprint. In the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup he won a gold medal in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the sprint and bronze at the 1 km time trial. From 2010 to 2016 he won 5 gold medals, 11 silver medals and a bronze at the Dutch National Track Championships. His gold medals were won twice in the individual time trial (2012, 2013), once in keirin (2012), individual sprint (2013) and team sprint (2016).
Switch from athlete to coachEdit
The Rio Olympic Games had been the main focus of Haak's career.[5] When this adventure abruptly ended, it was a huge deception. To make things worse, he tore a meniscus while training for the 2017 World Championships. While being injured, Haak went to Hong Kong with the team, were he was roommate and mentor of Harrie Lavreysen who had recently switched from BMX racing. Haak's first knee operation failed to solve the injury and during a second operation about 90% of the meniscus was removed.[2] This caused Haak to end his active cycling career at age 26. Haak was now approached by NOC*NSF to join their program of training retired athletes to become coaches and returning them to their original teams. Haak accepted the job and on January 1, 2018, he became assistant to the new national coach Bill Huck who took over from Wolff.[6] When Huck left later that year, Haak took over.
Success as a coachEdit
In three years, 2019 to 2021, the Dutch track racers won 26 golden, 12 silver, and 4 bronze medals on Olympic, Worlds and European Games and Championships. Haak was chosen twice, by his peers, to be the Dutch Coach of the Year.[7][8]
ReferencesEdit
^"Hugo Haak". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ abc"Maak kennis met Hugo Haak, van succesvol baansprinter tot gouden coach op de spelen en 2x coach van het jaar". Small Talk - De Podcast - Even iets anders (in Dutch). 10 April 2022. translation: Get to know Hugo Haak, from successful track sprinter to golden coach on the (Olympic) Games and two times coach of the year
^"Hugo Haak". Falen de Podcast (in Dutch). 1 December 2020. Failure the Podcast
^"Theo Bos rijdt Haak uit olympische sprintploeg". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 13 July 2016.
^"De Koningsdag van baanwielrenner Hugo Haak" (in Dutch). 28 April 2016. Kingsday of track cyclist Hugo Haak (100 days until Rio)
^"Haak (26) stopt noodgedwongen met baanwielrennen" (in Dutch). 20 December 2017. Haak (aged 26) forced to quit track racing
^"Haak is net trainer, maar nu al Coach van het Jaar: 'Het gaat heel natuurlijk'". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 29 December 2019. Haak just started as trainer, but already Coach of the Year (2019): It comes naturally
^"Teamsprinters en bondscoach Hugo Haak zijn Sportploeg en Coach van het Jaar". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 22 December 2021. Team sprinters and national coach Hugo Haak are Sports team and Coach of the Year (2020 & 2021)
External linksEdit
Hugo Haak at Cycling Archives
Hugo Haak at ProCyclingStats
Hugo Haak at CycleBase
August 29, 2023
hugo, haak, born, october, 1991, dutch, track, cyclist, revered, coach, represented, nation, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, track, cycling, world, championships, 2016, track, cycling, world, championships, silver, medal, team, sprint, 2015, european, track, cha. Hugo Haak born 29 October 1991 is a Dutch track cyclist and revered coach He represented his nation at the 2011 2012 2013 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 1 At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won the silver medal in the team sprint At the 2015 UEC European Track Championships he became European Champion in the team sprint Haak is a five time Dutch National Champion twice in the individual time trial once in keirin individual sprint and team sprint Hugo HaakHaak 2018 Personal informationBorn 1991 10 29 29 October 1991 age 31 Nieuwegein NetherlandsTeam informationDisciplineTrack cyclingRider typeSprinterMedal record Men s track cyclingRepresenting NetherlandsWorld Championships2016 London Team sprintEuropean Championships2015 Grenchen Team sprint Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Younger years 1 2 From the road to track races 1 3 Part of the Dutch national sprint team 1 4 Individual successes 1 5 Switch from athlete to coach 1 6 Success as a coach 2 References 3 External linksBiography EditYounger years Edit As a kid Haak was encouraged to sport His parents put him on judo so he could learn how to fall His main sport would be field hockey His interest in cycling grew when he saw his uncle and nephew riding recreative tours and he watched the spring classics and the Tour de France A kid down the road was a member of road racing club Rennersclub Jan van Arckel and Haak went along with him and was hooked He joined the club at age 12 and quit hockey two years later because the matches and races were both on Saturdays and he preferred the successes and more competitive nature of cycling 2 3 From the road to track races Edit The focus of his junior years was to enjoy himself while cycling He wasn t a lazy cyclist but his peers were more fanatic trained more and progressed faster At a track cycling clinic of the Royal Dutch Cycling Union Haak discovered that while he lost the winning streak on the road on the track he could beat his peers His talent was confirmed when he won a silver medal at the Sprint and a bronze medal at Keirin at the 2008 Dutch Junior Track Championships This led to an invitation to stay and train at the Dutch National Sports Centre Papendal In his last year of high school VWO Haak devoted two days of the week to track cycling at Papendal His roommate was Matthijs Buchli When Haak and Buchli the top 2 riders of the Netherlands ended up on 63rd and 64th place at the sprint of the 2009 Junior World Championships in Moscow they got inspired to do better 2 Part of the Dutch national sprint team Edit National coach Rene Wolff added Haak to the national team and laid the foundations of the Dutch successes in later years The focus was put on performing as a team and individual successes would follow accordingly The 2012 London Olympic Games came too early for the young team but the successes grew and culminated in a bronze medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships with Buchli and Jeffrey Hoogland a gold medal at the 2015 European Championships with Nils van t Hoenderdaal and Hoogland and a silver medal at the 2016 World Championships with Van t Hoenderdaal Hoogland and Buchli The team successes inspired Theo Bos and Roy van den Berg to return to track cycling Bos performed better than Haak at the Dutch selection ride off in Roubaix in July 2016 and Haak was not selected to join the 2016 Olympic TeamNL 4 Individual successes Edit In the 2010 11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics Haak won silver in Beijing China at the 1 km time trial He won a silver medal at the 2012 European Under 23 Championships at the 1 kilometer individual time trial and a bronze medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships at the 200 meter sprint In the 2013 14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup he won a gold medal in Guadalajara Mexico at the sprint and bronze at the 1 km time trial From 2010 to 2016 he won 5 gold medals 11 silver medals and a bronze at the Dutch National Track Championships His gold medals were won twice in the individual time trial 2012 2013 once in keirin 2012 individual sprint 2013 and team sprint 2016 Switch from athlete to coach Edit The Rio Olympic Games had been the main focus of Haak s career 5 When this adventure abruptly ended it was a huge deception To make things worse he tore a meniscus while training for the 2017 World Championships While being injured Haak went to Hong Kong with the team were he was roommate and mentor of Harrie Lavreysen who had recently switched from BMX racing Haak s first knee operation failed to solve the injury and during a second operation about 90 of the meniscus was removed 2 This caused Haak to end his active cycling career at age 26 Haak was now approached by NOC NSF to join their program of training retired athletes to become coaches and returning them to their original teams Haak accepted the job and on January 1 2018 he became assistant to the new national coach Bill Huck who took over from Wolff 6 When Huck left later that year Haak took over Success as a coach Edit In three years 2019 to 2021 the Dutch track racers won 26 golden 12 silver and 4 bronze medals on Olympic Worlds and European Games and Championships Haak was chosen twice by his peers to be the Dutch Coach of the Year 7 8 References Edit Hugo Haak procyclingstats com Retrieved 7 February 2015 a b c Maak kennis met Hugo Haak van succesvol baansprinter tot gouden coach op de spelen en 2x coach van het jaar Small Talk De Podcast Even iets anders in Dutch 10 April 2022 translation Get to know Hugo Haak from successful track sprinter to golden coach on the Olympic Games and two times coach of the year Hugo Haak Falen de Podcast in Dutch 1 December 2020 Failure the Podcast Theo Bos rijdt Haak uit olympische sprintploeg NOS nl in Dutch 13 July 2016 De Koningsdag van baanwielrenner Hugo Haak in Dutch 28 April 2016 Kingsday of track cyclist Hugo Haak 100 days until Rio Haak 26 stopt noodgedwongen met baanwielrennen in Dutch 20 December 2017 Haak aged 26 forced to quit track racing Haak is net trainer maar nu al Coach van het Jaar Het gaat heel natuurlijk NOS nl in Dutch 29 December 2019 Haak just started as trainer but already Coach of the Year 2019 It comes naturally Teamsprinters en bondscoach Hugo Haak zijn Sportploeg en Coach van het Jaar NOS nl in Dutch 22 December 2021 Team sprinters and national coach Hugo Haak are Sports team and Coach of the Year 2020 amp 2021 External links EditHugo Haak at Cycling Archives Hugo Haak at ProCyclingStats Hugo Haak at CycleBase Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hugo Haak amp oldid 1148591598, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
