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| Born | November 16, 2001 [1] Great Falls, Montana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | BMX racing | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Elite Men | ||||||||||||||
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Cameron Wood (born 16 November 2001) is an American BMX cyclist. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.
He is from Bozeman, Montana and began riding BMX when he was three years-old. He attended Bozeman High School before moving to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 16 years-old. [2]
He was a top Junior BMX racer in the United States in 2019, winning 17 National events. [3] [4]
He finished the 2022 UCI BMX Racing World Cup season second in the standings, incorporating four World Cup podiums and including a win in the World Cup event in Bogotá in September 2022. [5] [6]
He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. [7]
He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [8] [9]
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