Tristan Bangma (born 6 October 1997) is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist. He is a gold medalist in cycling at both the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

and the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

. 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 Teunis ("Teun") Mulder (born 18 June 1981 in Zuuk, Gelderland) is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won four world cup classics in the team sp ...

. 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 Patrick Bos (born 20 August 1987) is a Dutch cyclist who rides as a sighted pilot for blind or partially sighted athletes in tandem track and road events. He competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Paralympic Games, having won three medals. Career ...

. He also won the silver medal in the men's road race B at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Career

At the

2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships The 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling where athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place at the Montichiari Velodrome in Montichiari, Italy from 17 to 20 March 2016. ...

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. He 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 The 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling with athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 22–25 March 2018. 31 events were held on the ...

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. In 2022, he won two gold medals at the 2022 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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* Living people 1997 births Cyclists from Friesland Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in cycling Paralympic cyclists with a vision impairment Paralympic cyclists of the Netherlands People from Ooststellingwerf 21st-century Dutch people Dutch blind people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1990s-stub