Niek Kimmann

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Niek Kimmann
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Kimmann in 2019
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1996-05-20) 20 May 1996 (age 28)
Hardenberg, Netherlands
Sport
Sport Cycling
Event BMX racing
Coached by Liam Phillips
Medal record
Men's BMX racing
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 100
World Championships 340
World Junior Championships 201
World Cup 211
European Championships 300
European Junior Championships 101
National Championships300
Total1553
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo BMX racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Heusden-Zolder BMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Medellín BMX time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Arnhem BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Heusden-Zolder BMX time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 MedellínBMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Heusden-Zolder BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rock Hill BMX racing
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 BMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 BMX racing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 BMX racing
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 ValmieraBMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 BesançonBMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 BesançonBMX time trial (team)
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Rotterdam BMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 RotterdamBMX time trial
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Auckland BMX time trial
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 RoskildeBMX racing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013BMX racing
Dutch Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 AssenBMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 UithoornBMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 ErpBMX racing

Niek Kimmann (born 20 May 1996 in Lutten) [1] is a Dutch BMX racing cyclist. Kimmann is the reigning Olympic Champion BMX Racing, a three-time World Champion, one-time European Champion, three-time Dutch Champion, and two-time World Cup Supercross winner. He is also a two-time junior World Champion.

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Career

Kimmann, born in Lutten., [2] started BMXing at age seven, after attending a classmate's BMX training. [3] At age 15, he joined the Dutch National Team at the Olympic Training Center in Papendal.

During the 2014 UCI BMX World Championships, Kimmann won the Junior World Title in both racing and time trial. [4] In August 2014, together with Wiebe Scholten, he won a bronze medal in the team boys event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. [5]

He started racing in Elite in 2015. At Papendal, he won his first World Cup race and at the UCI BMX World Championships in Zolder, Belgium, Kimmann became World Champion at age 19. [4] [6] One day earlier, he won a silver medal in time trial. [7] Kimmann became the second Dutch BMX World Champion, after Robert de Wilde, who won in 1999. [8] As a reward for this season, Kimmann was one of the three nominees for Dutch Sportsman of the year, which was eventually won by short track speed skater Sjinkie Knegt.

In 2016, Kimmann finished 2nd, behind Joris Daudet at World Championships in Medellín. A day earlier, he won the time trail, which meant he is the last World Champion in this discipline. At the 2016 Olympics he finished seventh. [9] He fell in the quarter finals, injuring his ankle ligament and a metatarsal bone. He had to recover from his injuries between August 2016 and February 2017. [3] The serious crash of his friend and fellow BMX-cyclist Jelle van Gorkom in January 2018 while the two were training made deep impact on him. [3]

In 2018 Kimmann won the Supercross World Cup, with four wins - and had to withdraw from the 2018 UCI BMX World Championships due to cramps. [3] A year later he won the 2019 European BMX Championships. [10] and successfully defended the World Cup with the highest point total (1180pts) in history, after winning six out of ten races.

In early 2021 Kimmann left the Dutch National Team in Papendal for The UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle. He is now coached by former World Champion Liam Phillips. A few days before the 2020 Olympics, Kimmann crashed into a track official during a training lap around the BMX track, which resulted in a small fracture in his kneecap. [11] On 30 July he won the Men's BMX gold medal starting from lane 8, ahead of Kye Whyte and Carlos Ramírez (BMX rider). After the Olympics he has confirmed that he'll continue BMX racing, but he doesn't rule out the possibility of joining the Dutch track cycling team in the future.

Personal

His younger brother, Justin Kimmann, is also a BMX rider [9] and finished 8th in the Junior World Championships 2016.

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