Name: Anneke Beerten
Date of birth: 07-07-1982
Residence: Marienvelde, the Netherlands
Riding since: BMX 1987, DH/4X 1997
Career highlights: BMX World Champion, European Champion 4X '06, 2nd World Championships 4X '06 and '07, 1st World Cup Overall 4X '07

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 live, I just loved it. From then on I new what I wanted to do. Then I got the opportunity to race for a professional Dutch mountainbike team, I took it and I learnt a lot about professional sports and how to get down a mountain fast.

A little girl’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.