Personal information | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | [1] | 1 March 1991
Home town | Barneveld, Netherlands |
Sport | |
Sport | Para-cycling |
Disability class | C5 |
Martin van de Pol (born 3 March 1991) is a Dutch Para-cyclist. He represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Pol represented the Netherlands in the road race C4–5 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal. [1] [2]
Visma–Lease a Bike is a Dutch professional bicycle racing team, successor of the former Rabobank. The team consists of four sections: ProTeam, Women's Team, Development Team, and cyclo-cross.
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The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This was announced in an official statement on the NOC*NSF website. In the statement they named the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games as a highlight in sports to which a lot of sportspeople, coaches and the Dutch sports fans would look forward. The Netherlands aimed for a top 10 nations ranking in the Olympics as well as a top 25 ranking in the Paralympics; they ended up ranking 12th at the Games.
The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
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Kelly van Zon is a Dutch table tennis player competing in both disabled and able-bodied competitions. She currently plays for Dutch club TTV SKF in Veenendaal. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 7, winning a gold medal, and in Women's team class 6–8, winning a silver medal.
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