KIMMANN Niek

Netherlands
Cycling BMX Racing
20 May 1996
25
Male
Youth Olympian
 
Netherlands
ARNHEM
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BMX Cycling BMX Racing Men 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Urban Sports Park
Men, Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING BMX RACING

Olympic Games
YearLocationMen
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA7

Youth Olympic Games
YearLocationMen
2014Nanjing, CHN1

World Championships
YearLocationMenTime trial
2019Heusden-Zolder, BEL2-
2018Baku, AZE12-
2017Rock Hill, SC, USA4-
2016Medellin, COL21
2015Heusden-Zolder, BEL12

European Championships
YearLocationMen
2019Valmiera, LAT1
2018Glasgow, GBR16
2017Bordeaux, FRA16

UCI BMX Supercross - Overview per season since 2017
YearEventStandingsThree best ranks per season
2021Men-1 x 3rd, 1 x 12th
2020Men6th1 x 1st, 1 x 10th, 1 x 108th
2019Men1st6 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 8th
2018Men1st4 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2017Men8th1 x 4th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 12th

UCI BMX Supercross - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocation
12020MenShepparton, VIC, AUS
12019MenSantiago del Estero, ARG
12019MenRock Hill, SC, USA
12019MenSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
12019MenSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
12019MenPapendal, NED
12019MenPapendal, NED
12018MenHeusden-Zolder, BEL
12018MenHeusden-Zolder, BEL
12018MenPapendal, NED
12018MenSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA


Legend
IP - In Progress, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

Youth Olympic Games
YearLocationTeam
2014Nanjing, CHN3


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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Athlete, Student
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Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Deventer, NED
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Dutch, English
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Rob van den Wildenberg [national], NED; Raymon van der Biezen [national], NED
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His brother Justin is also a Dutch international BMX racer. (ad.nl, 16 Mar 2019)
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He began BMX racing at age five at the FCC de Vaart cycling club in Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands. (detoren.net, 19 May 2019)
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He also did speed skating, a popular sport in the Netherlands, alongside BMX, but was inspired by the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to pursue riding. "Before I started BMX, I was speed skating. When I was five or six years old, my dad always said to stick to speed skating. But I just loved BMX and I was always a huge fan of the Olympics. I remember the first time BMX was in the Olympics, in Beijing 2008, it was my first week at a new school and I would wake up every night at 3am to watch BMX and then fall asleep at school the next day." (olympic.org, 28 Jul 2019)
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To reach the final at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympic.org, 28 Jul 2019)
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Winning a gold medal in the junior individual event at the 2014 World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (christianbosse.com, 10 Dec 2018)
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"It's not the results I race for, it's the love for the sport." (christianbosse.com, 10 Dec 2018)
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In May 2019 he was honoured with a tile on the 'Walk of Fame' in Hardenberg, the Netherlands. (detoren.net, 19 May 2019)

General Interest

General
POST-RIO BLUES
He admitted to struggling with motivation after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I had reached pretty much all of the goals I have ever wanted at the age of 20. I really found it hard to find motivation after that. I couldn't sleep at nights, and I felt stressed all the time. And it was hard for me to talk about it because people didn't understand it and would offer advice like, 'You are 20, you can race your bike every day, and you have achieved all those things', so I was almost kind of ashamed to talk about it. And then at some point, I realised it is not the results that I race for, it is actually the love of the sport. I really feel like those two years [after Rio] where I felt pretty shitty actually gave me five years of experience." (christianbosse.com, 10 Dec 2018)

HUMBLE BACKGROUND
He comes from a farming family, and says this has helped keep him grounded. "I saw my dad and other people around me working 24/7. Being a farmer is not like a nine to five job, and I feel like being an athlete is the same thing, you wake up with it and you go to bed with it. Seeing them work and not making that much money is really something that keeps me humble. I don't want to buy expensive things, because it just doesn't seem right for me. It just doesn't feel right for me to act like I am some superhuman or something. I think my roots are really what keep me humble. I am just a guy who likes to race his bike. I may travel the world, but I'm not going to act like I am some superstar." (christianbosse.com, 10 Dec 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2014 he studied sport business at the Johan Cruyff Institute in Barcelona, Spain. (Linkedin profile, 01 Jan 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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