Anneke Beerten
- Date of Birth: August 7, 1982
- Hometown: Halle, The Netherlands
- Other Sponsors: Intense, Crankbrothers, VANS, Oakley, Skull Candy, Avid, Dylan Dean Designs, Suspension Center, Mavic, Ogio
- Other Hobbies: Mountain bike, BMX, MX, Watch a movie and chill out.
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Career Highlights:
- World Cup overall win '07
- 2nd at World Championships '07
- Jeep King of the mountain win '07
- World Cup #1 in Slovenia 1st '08
- Current #1 world ranking
- World Cup Champion 2008
- 1sr World Cup 4x, Pietermaritzburg, RSA
- 2009: 1st UCI World Cup Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 4x
- 2009: 2nd UCI World Cup Vallnord, Andorra 4X
- 2009: 1st UCI World Cup Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada 4X
- 2009: 2nd UCI World Cup Bromont, Canada 4X
Bio
My whole life I’ve been riding bikes. I started riding BMX when I was 4 years old. Now I am 25 years old and I am still riding my bike. My family supported me from the beginning on. After winning the National championships 6 times and being World Champion twice, I was looking for a new challenge.
When I rode a mountainbike downhill for the first time in my life, I just loved it. From then on I knew what I wanted to do. Then I got the opportunity to race for a professional Dutch mountainbike team, I took it and I learned a lot about professional sports and how to get down a mountain fast.
A little gir’s dream came true when I became a professional bike rider. For the last years I’ve been riding for the Specialized Factory Team and the BikePark.ch team. Upcoming season I will continue to race around the world with the MS-Intense Factory-Racing team. I’m looking forward to an even greater and more successful season.
Q&A
- If I had a younger brother, one piece of life advice I would give him is: Live life and never forget to have fun in the things you do!
- What's your favorite number and why: 7. It's the day and month of my birth.
- Strengths: I am stronger when it comes to technical courses, the more jumps the better I feel.
- Favorite Breakfast: Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich.
- Up or Down: Down!
- Techno or Metal: Both...
- Where are you going to ride and train this year? I will be riding and racing all over the Globe this year. I will spend some time in Italy for training and I am really looking forward to the world cup in Australia this season. It will be my first mountainbike event that I will race down under.
- Biggest obstacle you have had to overcome? 3 Elbow operations. There is no more cartilage left in my right elbow, but it is all working good now!
- Favorite discipline? 4-cross.
- Can you call out a single career highlight and why? Winning the World Cup overall 4-cross last year. I worked hard and long to achieve that goal.... and it was a great feeling being on that top step of the podium.
- What's it mean to you to be riding for Oakley? It means a lot to me. Oakley is A brand I love. Without a doubt Oakley makes the most out off eyewear. They’ve got the style, the quality and the image that I can identify me with.
- Favorite Oakley products and how they help you? Crowbar goggle, can't race/see anything without them!!!
- Who makes you laugh? Austin Powers.
