Menno van Gorp
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| Nickname | Menno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1989 Tilburg, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Breaking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Menno van Gorp (born 7 February 1989)[1] is a Dutch breakdancer who performs mononmously as Menno.
Menno has won the Red Bull BC One four times, surpassing Hong 10 for the most titles won by a breaker. He won gold at the WDSF World Breaking Championship in 2019[2] and the European Breaking Championship in 2023.[3] He represented the Netherlands in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
Menno was born in Tilburg and began breaking at age twelve.[1] He practiced Judo before breaking, switching because he enjoyed the "freedom" he felt breaking gave him.[4] His first competition was in 2007 at age 18.[5]
He also enjoys photography, theatre, painting and fashion.[5] He enjoys jazz music and collects jazz records.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Menno". Paris 2024 Olympics.
PASSPORT NAME: Menno van Gorp
- ^ Pu, Jason (12 December 2019). "Why Menno is the best b-boy in the world". Medium.
- ^ "European Breaking Championships 2023: B-Boy Menno and B-Girl Nicka claim gold medals in Almeria". Olympics.com.
- ^ Ramsay, George (5 March 2024). "'Breaking has total freedom for me,' says Menno van Gorp, a medal hopeful in the newest Olympic sport". CNN. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b "B-Boy Menno: Red Bull BC One All Star career portrait". Red Bull. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Menno Wilhelmus Henricus Van Gorp (B-Boy Menno) at the World DanceSport Federation
- Menno van Gorp at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Menno at Olympics.com
- Bboy Menno on Instagram
