Manon Veenstra

Manon Veenstra, born on 6 July 1998, is a Dutch BMX racer who won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She was born in Zwolle, grew up in Kerkenveld and has trained at Papendal as well as in New Zealand, where she was stranded at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Outside sport she has worked in health care with people with dementia and studied psychology through the Open University. She competed for the Netherlands at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, and in the 2024 UCI BMX Racing World Cup she won medals in Tulsa, Brisbane and Rotorua, finishing second overall in the standings before her selection for the Olympic Games.