Marc Bassingthwaighte (born 21 October 1983) is a

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who specialises in cross-country events. Bassingthwaighte represented Namibia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, where he competed in the men's cross-country. He has also competed in a

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, an African Mountain Bike Championships, a

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, two

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, a Namibian National Mountain Bike Championships and two

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s. Bassingthwaighte is a two time medalist at the Namibian National Road Race Championships.

Competition

Bassingthwaighte made his debut in international competitions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He finished 14th in the men's cross-country in a time of two hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds. He was over thirteen minutes behind the winner, Englishman

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. In 2007, Bassingthwaighte competed in the

. He finished third, behind

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and Dan Craven. Bassingthwaighte then competed in the 2008

. In the five stage race, Bassingthwaighte's best result came on the second stage, held around

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, where he finished 41st of 121 riders. In 2009, Bassingthwaighte again competed in the Giro del Capo. His best stage result was again on the second stage in Durbanville, where he finished 23rd. Bassingthwaighte won the 2010 Namibian National Mountain Bike Championships. He rode a time of one hour, 59 minutes and 29 seconds, which was eight minutes and nine seconds quicker than second-place finisher Mannie Heymans. At the 2011

, Bassingthwaighte won the silver medal. He finished 31 seconds behind the winner,

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, and two minutes and fifteen seconds ahead of the bronze medalist,

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. In 2012, Bassingthwaighte again gained a medal in the Namibian National Road Race Championships. He finished third behind Petrus and Craven. Also in 2012 at the 2012 African Mountain Bike Championships Bassingthwaighte won a silver medal. He finished three minutes and 44 seconds behind South African

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. The bronze medalist was Rwandan Adrien Niyonshuti.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in

, United Kingdom, Bassingthwaighte competed in the men's cross-country. In the race on 11 August, Bassingthwaighte finished 30th, beating both Buys and Niyonshuti. Bassingthwaighte's time of one hour, 37 minutes and 17 seconds was eight minutes and ten seconds slower than the time of the gold medalist,

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of the Czech Republic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bassingthwaighte, Marc 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Windhoek Namibian male cyclists Namibian track cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Namibia Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia