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| Nationality |  Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 August 1994 Suszec, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freeride, BMX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | X Games, Red Bull Joyride, Crankworx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dawid Godziek (born August 10, 1994) is a Polish cylist BMX and Freeride Mountain biker. He is a two-time X-Games gold medalist (2018 and 2022) in the BMX Dirt competition. He has also won the Freeride Mountain Bike 2024 Crankworx Triple Crown. [1]
He first competed at X Games Minneapolis 2018 in BMX Dirt but didn't podium. However, later in 2018, he was the first Pole to win the X-Games gold medal in the BMX Dirt competition. In 2019, he took the bronze medal in the X Games BMX Dirt. In 2019, he took (bronze medal) in X Games BMX Dirt. After a three-year break, during which he focused on MTB Slopestyle, he won an X-Games Gold again in 2022. [2]
In 2018, he was the first in the world to perform a trick on MTB called Quad Tailwhip, as well as 720* Frontflip Nohand to Barspin (also known as Twister Nohand to Barspin), which he earned a bronze medal in the X-Games California competition for. [3]
In 2024, Godziek emerged victorious in the Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championships. [4]
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