Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens (born 10 October 1968 in

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. Brentjens won a gold medal for mountain biking in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, the first to recognize cross-country mountain biking as an event. He followed this with bronze in the

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. Previously he won gold at the 1995

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. In 2007 he became 10th time Dutch National champion Brentjens competed in Men's category of the Absa

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in 2005, winning 1st place overall with team mate

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. In 2009 he won 2nd place overall, this time competing alongside Chris Jongewaard. Brentjens then began competing in the Master's category. He won the category in both 2012 with

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and in 2014 with Abraao Azevedo. He has completed the marathon stage race ten times to date. Brentjens, along with Rob Warner, is also a co-commentator for Red Bull TV's official coverage of the

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(XCO). Since November 2016 Bart Brentjens is Product Manager at

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Major results

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Men's cross-country

Gold Medal (Cross Country 1996 Atlanta, USA)
;

* Gold Medal (Cross Country: 1995) * Silver Medal (Marathon: 2003,2005) * Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1994,2000; Marathon: 2004) ;

* 1st Overall (1994) ; Absa

* 1st Overall (2005) * 3rd Overall (2007) * 2nd Overall (2009) * 1st Masters category (2012) * 2nd Masters category (2013) * 1st Masters category (2014) * 1st Masters category (2015)

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* 1968 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch mountain bikers Cross-country mountain bikers Marathon mountain bikers Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Leudal Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men) Cyclists from Limburg (Netherlands) Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cape Epic winners {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub

Major results

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Men's cross-country

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