Marc Bassingthwaighte

Marc Bassingthwaighte (born 21 October 1983) is a Namibian cyclist who specialises in cross-country events. Bassingthwaighte represented Namibia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's cross-country. He has also competed in a Commonwealth Games, an African Mountain Bike Championships, a Namibian National Road Race Championships, two Namibian National Time Trial Championships, a Namibian National Mountain Bike Championships and two Giro del Capos. Bassingthwaighte is a two time medalist at the Namibian National Road Race Championships.

Competition Bassingthwaighte made his debut in international competitions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He finished 14th in the men's cross-country in a time of two hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds. He finished third, behind Jacques Celliers and Dan Craven. In the five stage race, Bassingthwaighte's best result came on the second stage, In 2009, Bassingthwaighte again competed in the Giro del Capo. His best stage result was again on the second stage in Durbanville, where he finished 23rd. Bassingthwaighte won the 2010 Namibian National Mountain Bike Championships. He rode a time of one hour, 59 minutes and 29 seconds, which was eight minutes and nine seconds quicker than second-place finisher Mannie Heymans. He finished 31 seconds behind the winner, Lotto Petrus, and two minutes and fifteen seconds ahead of the bronze medalist, Heiko Redecker. He finished third behind Petrus and Craven. He finished three minutes and 44 seconds behind South African Philip Buys. In the race on 11 August, Bassingthwaighte finished 30th, beating both Buys and Niyonshuti. Bassingthwaighte's time of one hour, 37 minutes and 17 seconds was eight minutes and ten seconds slower than the time of the gold medalist, Jaroslav Kulhavý of the Czech Republic.