Born on July 8th 1986 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands I only beat my twin brother, Maarten by 6 minutes. Together with my sister Evelien, who was three at the time and my parents Jan and Tineke we lived in the beautiful city of Nijmegen in the house I still call home today. Our house is only a 1 minute jog away from trails that stretch all the way to Germany and a 3-minute bike ride from the track…well, if that is not meant to be..