Manon Veenstra Explained

Manon Veenstra
Birth Date:1998 7, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Zwolle, Netherlands
Discipline:BMX racing
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Manon Veenstra (born 6 July 1998) is a Dutch BMX racer. She finished second at the 2024 UCI BMX Racing World Cup and won silver at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early and personal life

She was born in Zwolle but grew up in Kerkenveld. She has trained in Papendal as well as New Zealand, and was stuck in New Zealand at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, unable to return. She has worked in health care with people with dementia and studied psychology via the Open University.[2] [3]

Career

She competed for the Netherlands at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in August 2023.[4]

Competing in the 2024 UCI BMX Racing World Cup in 2024, she won medals in Tulsa, United States, Brisbane, Australia and Rotorua, New Zealand in 2024.[5] [6] [7]

She placed second overall in the 2024 World Cup standings and was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] [9] Veenstra won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manon Veenstra. Eurosport. 1 August 2024.
  2. Web site: BMX rider Manon Veenstra from Kerkenveld wants to go to the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. 1 August 2024. October 27, 2020. hoogeveenschecourant.nl.
  3. Web site: Manon Veenstra: 'I recently cried with laughter with my friends. I am a passionate person'. Judith . van der Steeg . 1 August 2024. March 2, 2021. hoogeveenschecourant.nl.
  4. Web site: MANON VEENSTRA IS MET VERTROUWEN IN GLASGOW. knwu.nl. 1 August 2024. 1 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Nos.nl. BMX rider Kimmann books fourteenth World Cup victory, second place for Veenstra. 1 August 2024. April 28, 2024.
  6. Web site: MANON VEENSTRA ALSO ON THE PODIUM IN AUSTRALIA, IS SECOND IN THE WORLD CUP STANDINGS. 24 February 2024. Eurosport. 1 August 2024.
  7. Web site: BMX'sters Veenstra, Baauw en Merel Smulders stranden op WK. nieuws. 1 August 2024. 18 May 2024.
  8. Web site: BMX rider Manon Veenstra's girl's dream comes true with Olympic debut. Karin. Mulder. May 31, 2024. rtvdrenthe. 1 August 2024.
  9. Web site: Manon (26) from Kerkenveld lives her dream as a BMX rider and goes to Paris. 'One second of carelessness is fatal'. July 18, 2024. dvhn.nl. 1 August 2024.

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