Manon Veenstra
Dutch cyclist (born 1998)
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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.
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| Born | 6 July 1998[1] Zwolle, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | BMX racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
