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Bart Brentjens

Personal information
Full name	Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens
Nickname	Bartman
Date of birth	October 10, 1968 (1968-10-10) (age 41)
Country	Netherlands
Team information
Discipline	MTB
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)1
1994–2006	Specialized Giant Dolphin-Trek
Major wins
World MTB Cross Country Champion (1995)
Medal record Competitor for the  Netherlands Mountain bike racing Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Mountain bike Bronze 2004 Athens Mountain bike World Championships Gold 1995 Kirchzarten Cross Country Silver 2003 Lugano Marathon Silver 2005 Lillehammer Marathon Bronze 1994 Vailo Cross Country Bronze 2000 Sierra Nevada Cross Country Bronze 2004 Bad Goisern Marathon
Infobox last updated on:
June 12, 2007 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens (born October 10, 1968 in Haelen) is a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking.

Brentjens won a gold medal for mountain biking in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first to recognize cross-country mountain biking as an event. He followed this with bronze in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Previously he won gold at the 1995 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships.^{[1 ]} In 2007 he became 10th time Dutch National champion

Major results

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

• Gold Medal (Cross Country: 1995)
• Silver Medal (Marathon: 2003,2005)
• Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1994,2000; Marathon: 2004)

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

• 1st Overall (1994)

References