Arthur Pilard

Arthur Pilard

Pilard in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 29) [1] Vannes, France
Team information
Current team	France
Discipline	BMX racing
Role	Rider
Medal record Representing   France Men's BMX racing World Championships 2025 Copenhagen BMX racing 2023 Glasgow BMX racing European Championships 2024 Verona BMX racing 2021 Zolder BMX racing 2025 Valmiera BMX racing

Arthur Pilard (born 22 January 1996) is a French cyclist who competes in BMX Racing. He was a gold medalist at the 2025 and silver medalist at the 2023 UCI BMX World Championships. He was also a gold medalist at the 2021 and 2024 European BMX Championships.

Career

Born in Vannes, Brittany, ^[2] he is a member of Saint-Brieuc BMX in Saint-Brieuc. ^[3] He finished runner up in the Verona leg of the UCI BMX Racing World Cup in 2021. ^[4] He won the 2021 European BMX Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium and placed fifth overall in the 2021 World Championships. He ended the 2021 season with a second place at the French Championship. ^[5] In early 2022, he reached the top of the UCI World Rankings. ^[6]

He finished runner-up in Papendal at the third event in the 2023 UCI BMX Racing World Cup. ^[7] He won the silver medal at the 2023 UCI BMX World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, finishing 0.142 seconds behind the winner, his compatriot Romain Mahieu. ^{[8] [9]}

He won the gold medal at the 2024 European BMX Championships in Verona in June 2024. ^[10] He was a silver medalist behind his compatriot Mathis Ragot Richard at the 2025 European BMX Championships in Valmiera, Latvia in July 2025. ^[11] The following month, he won her first world title in Copenhagen at the 2025 UCI BMX World Championships. ^[12]

References

1. "Arthur Pilard". The-Sports. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
2. "BMX World Championships. After silver, Arthur Pilard aims for gold to get a glimpse of the Olympic Games". Ouest-France. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. de Jong, Bart (13 September 2018). "ARTHUR PILARD (FRA) IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RACING IN ARGENTINA". fatbmx. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
4. "BMX. Arthur Pilard second in the World Cup in Verona (Italy)". letelegramme. May 8, 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
5. "ARTHUR PILARD - JOINS INSPYRE FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS". fatbmx. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
6. de Jong, Bart (Feb 8, 2022). "2022 GOALS: EURO CHAMP ARTHUR PILARD (FRA)". fatbmx. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
7. de Jong, Bart (Oct 25, 2023). "2023 REVIEW: PAPENDAL ROUNDS 3&4; 2023 UCI BMX RACING WORLD CUP". fatbmx. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
8. "UCI Cycling World Championships: Elite BMX Racing titles for Shriever and Mahieu". uci.org. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
9. ""A very satisfactory assessment": after the World Championships, French BMX is doing wonderfully". Ouest France. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
10. "Zoe Claessens, Arthur Pilard take Elite Continental Champion jersey". Inside the Games. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
11. "Ragot-Richard: "Seven years without winning an elite race felt like an eternity!"". L'Est Républicain. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
12. "France's Arthur Pilard causes upset by winning men's elite race at BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen... then gets accidentally punched!". TNTSports. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.