Jetze Plat

Jetze Plat
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 33)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Websitejetzeplat.nl
Sport
SportPara-cycling
Paratriathlon
Coached byGuido Vroemen
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men's paracycling
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Road time trial H4
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Road Race H4
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Road time trial H4
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Road race H4
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road Race H5
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baie-Comeau Road race H4
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Road time trial H4
Men's paratriathlon
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro PT1
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris PTWC
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rotterdam PT1
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rotterdam PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lausanne PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2022 Abu Dhabi PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2024 Torremolinos PTWC
Silver medal – second place 2013 London TRI 1
Silver medal – second place 2023 Ponteverde PTWC
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Chicago PT1
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kitzbühel PT1
Gold medal – first place 2015 Geneva PT1
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lisbon PT1
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kitzbühel PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2021 Valencia PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2022 Olsztyn PTWC
Gold medal – first place 2023 Madrid PTWC

Jetze Plat (born 10 June 1991 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch para-cyclist in the H4 class. He also competes in the paratriathlon.

Career

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Plat was born with two stunted legs. In 1995, Plat started using a handcycle, to cycle to school. Later he started practising the sport para-cycling. In the beginning of his athletic career Plat was coached and trained by Kees van Breukelen. As Plat improved in the sport he was coached by Ralf Bekers. During the World Cup in Rome[when?], Plat qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Since 2013 he is coached by Guido Vroemen.[1]

In the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Plat competed in both cycling and para-triathlon. He won the paratriathlon gold medal in the PT1 class.[2] He also won a bronze medal in the Men's Road Race in H5 class. These were his first Paralympic medals.

He was one of the flag bearers for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3][4]

In Tokyo, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Plat competed in both cycling and para-triathlon again. He won gold medals in the Men's H4 Road Race and Men's H4 Time Trial for cycling and a gold medal in the para-triathlon (Men's Individual PTWC).

References

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  1. ^ Marée, Koen (1 September 2024). "Paralympics-veteraan Jetze Plat won alles wat er te winnen viel. In de marathon vindt hij een nieuwe uitdaging" [Paralympics veteran Jetze Plat won everything there is to win. In the marathon he seeks a new challenge.]. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Jetze Plat - Triathlon, Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile".
  3. ^ Houston, Michael (23 August 2021). "Jong and Plat named Dutch flagbearers for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Jong en Plat vlaggendragers tijdens Paralympische Spelen in Tokio". NOS (in Dutch). 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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