 Mitch Valize winning gold at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1995 Heerlen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | H5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Eelke van der Wal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mitch Valize (born 7 June 1995) is a Dutch Para-cyclist who represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [1] He won four gold medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Valize represented the Netherlands in the men's road time trial H5 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal. He also won a gold medal in the men's road race H5 event. [2]
Jennette Jansen is a Paralympian from the Netherlands competing mainly in category TW4 wheelchair racing and later as a basketball player and cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 7, winning a gold medal, and in Women's road time trial H4–5 winning a bronze medal.
David Nicholas, is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
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Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960.
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Larissa Klaassen is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist. Klaassen and sighted pilot Imke Brommer won the gold medal in the women's time trial B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also set a new Paralympic record of 1:05.291.
Vincent ter Schure is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist.
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Rogier Dorsman is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Thomas van Wanrooij is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Gary O'Reilly is an Irish Para-cyclist who represented Ireland in the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Loïc Vergnaud is a French Para-cyclist who represented France at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Sergio Garrote Muñoz is a Spanish Para-cyclist who has represented Spain at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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