 Kolkman at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | 19 September 2002 Haarlem |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Triathlon |
Mitch Kolkman (born 19 September 2002) is a Dutch triathlete. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [1]
| Kolkman at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | 19 September 2002 Haarlem |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Triathlon |
Mitch Kolkman (born 19 September 2002) is a Dutch triathlete. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [1]
He is from Haarlem. [2] He found his route into triathlon via swimming at ZV Haerlem. He later moved from Haarlem to Limburg where the National Triathlon Training Centre (NTC) is located. [3]
He became Dutch junior triathlon champion in 2021. That year, he won the junior Europe Triathlon Cup race in Bled, Slovenia. [4]
He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World U23 Championships in Abu Dhabi at the Olympic distance. [5]
He became Dutch triathlon champion at the sprint distance in Rotterdam in June 2024. [6] That month, he won his first Europe Triathlon Cup race, in Holten. [7]
He competed in the men's individual event and the mixed relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [8]
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