Tristan Bangma

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Tristan Bangma
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Personal information
Born (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 26)
Donkerbroek, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Para-cycling
DisabilityVision impairment
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 km time trial B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Individual pursuit B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Individual pursuit B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Paris Road time trial B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Paris Road race B
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Tokyo Road race B
Road World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Baie-Comeau Time trial B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Baie-Comeau Road race B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Time trial B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Zurich Time trial B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 ZurichRoad race B
Track World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Individual pursuit C2
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Individual pursuit B
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Rotterdam Time trial B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 RotterdamRoad race B

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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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.

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References

  1. "Tristan Bangma". paralympic.org. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. "Baanwielrenner Bangma wint paralympisch goud op kilometer tijdrit". NU.nl (in Dutch). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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