Jelle van Gorkom

Jelle van Gorkom (born 5 January 1991 in Doetinchem) is a Dutch racing cyclist and Olympic silver medalist who represents the Netherlands in BMX racing. He was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer OlympicsinLondon in the men's BMX event,^[1] and went on to win the silver medal in the same event four years later at the 2016 OlympicsinRio.

Jelle van Gorkom

Van Gorkom at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1991-01-05) 5 January 1991 (age 33) Doetinchem, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Cycling
Event	BMX racing
Medal record Men's BMX racing Representing  Netherlands Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 0 2 0 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 World Cup 0 1 0 European Junior Championships 1 1 1 Total 1 5 2 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro BMX racing World Championships 2011 Copenhagen BMX time trial 2015 Heusden-Zolder BMX racing World Cup 2013 BMX racing World Junior Championships 2008 Taiyuan BMX cruiser European Junior Championships 2009 BMX racing 2008 BMX cruiser 2008 BMX racing

On 9 January 2018, Van Gorkom suffered a serious crash in training at the National Sports Centre Papendal near Arnhem. He suffered damage to his skull, spleen, kidneys and liver, as well as broken ribs and a facial fracture, and went into a coma.^[2] On 13 January, the Royal Dutch Cycling Union (KNWU) announced that Van Gorkom was no longer receiving sleep medication, meaning "he must wake up from the coma on his own".^[3] On 22 January, KNWU officials said that he had awoken from the coma, but cautioned that the rider still faced a long rehabilitation.^[4]

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