Tristan Bangma
Dutch Paralympic cyclist
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Tristan Bangma (born 6 October 1997) is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist. He is a gold medalist in cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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| Born | 6 October 1997 Donkerbroek, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Vision impairment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial B with his sighted pilot Teun Mulder.[1][2] In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's individual pursuit B at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan with his sighted pilot Patrick Bos.[3] He also won the silver medal in the men's road race B at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. He won the gold medal again in the men's pursuit B at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France with his sighted pilot Patrick Bos.
Career
At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held in Montichiari, Italy, Bangma and Teun Mulder won the silver medal in the Sprint Tandem B event and also in the 1 km time trial Tandem B event.
Bangma also won the silver medal in the 109.3 km road race at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won three medals in total: one silver medal and two bronze medals.
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Bangma and Patrick Bos won the bronze medal in the men's time trial B event.[4]
In 2022, Bangma won two gold medals at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in Baie-Comeau, Canada. He also won a silver medal at the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
