Twan van Gendt

Twan van Gendt (born 9 June 1992 in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a Dutch BMX racing cyclist who represented the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event, placing fifth in the final, and again at the 2016 Games, where he placed ninth. In June 2015 he won a silver medal in men's BMX at the inaugural European Games. A knee injury kept him from competing for five months in 2017, and he returned in 2018 and became World Champion in 2019. He also holds a Dutch national record in the powerlifting deadlift in the weight category up to 85 kilograms. After a fall at the 2021 World Championships in Papendal he announced he would end his BMX career and focus on cross-country mountain biking.