Twan van Gendt
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| Born | 9 June 1992 (age 33) 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | BMX racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Twan van Gendt (born 9 June 1992 in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a Dutch racing cyclist who represents the Netherlands in BMX. He was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event, where he placed 5th in the final. In June 2015, he competed in the European Games|inaugural European Games, for the Netherlands in cycling, more specifically, Men's BMX. He earned a silver medal.
Twan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in the men's BMX competition, where he placed 9th.
After the 2016 Olympic Games, Twan battled with a knee injury in 2017 and didn't compete for 5 months. He returned to competition in 2018 and became World Champion in 2019.
Twan is also a National Record holder in the Powerlifting discipline Deadlift in the weight category until 85 kg.
After the World Championships in Papendal, the Netherlands on 22 August 2021, in which van Gendt fell, he announced that he would stop his BMX career. He wanted to focus on cross-country mountain biking for the next two years.