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Anneke Beerten

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Anneke Beerten
cycling
Personal information
Born7 July 1982
Mariënvelde
Team information
DisciplineFour-Cross, Downnhill (DH), BMX Racing

Anneke Beerten (born 7 July 1982) is a Dutch Mountain bike racer and BMX racer. Specializing in Four-cross she was world champion in this discipline in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2016.[1]

Life

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Beerten was born in 1982 in Mariënvelde and she was riding a mountain bike at age four.[2]

She has competed regularly each year as an amateur. She gave up work in retail when she was 22 to become a full time four-cross cyclist. She won the world championships in 2011 and 2012 and she has topped the rankings every year bar one from 2007 to 2011.[2]

Results

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UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Year Venue Medal Competition
2006 Rotorua ( New Zealand) 2 Four Cross
2007 Fort William, Highland ( United Kingdom) 2 Four Cross
2011 Champéry ( Switzerland) 1 Four Cross
2012 Leogang/Saalfelden ( Austria) 1 Four Cross
2014 Leogang/Saalfelden ( Austria) 2 Four Cross
2015 Val di Sole ( Italy) 1 Four Cross
2016 Val di Sole ( Italy) 1 Four Cross
2016 Val di Sole ( Italy) 1 Four Cross

References

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  1. ^ «Anneke Beerten» en The-Sports.org
  2. ^ a b "Anneke Beerten - Total Women's Cycling". Total Women's Cycling. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
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