BMX Olympic Champions

Fortunately this is a fairly short list at the moment made a little easier for me because it includes two Brits.

Questions

Which French cyclist came out of retirement to win the gold medal in BMX racing at its inaugural event at the Olympics in 2008? She had won thirteen rainbow jerseys in the Mountain Bike World Championships from 1996 to 2005, mostly in the Downhill event.

ANNE-CAROLINE CHAUSSON

The most decorated Colombian at the Olympics having won two of the country’s five gold medals to date, which lady won BMX gold in both 2012 and 2016?

MARIANA PAJÓN

Succeeding double Olympic champion Māris Štrombergs who had won the first two stagings of the men’s BMX, who became the first American to win gold in 2016, failing to defend his title after a bad crash in the 2020 semi-final?

CONNOR FIELDS

Also setting the BMX ‘Garden Hour World Record’ during the Covid lockdown, which Dutch rider’s victory in the 2020 Olympic BMX meant Britain’s Kye Whyte had to settle for silver?

NIEK KIMMANN

Mariana Pajón’s aim to win three straight Olympic golds ended with a silver medal when she was beaten by which British rider at Tokyo 2020?

BETHANY SHRIEVER

With Britain’s Charlotte Worthington the first ever Olympic ladies champion at BMX freestyle, who was the Australian that earned that honour for the men at Tokyo 2020?

LOGAN MARTIN

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