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| Full name | Kieran Reilly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 2001 Newcastle, England [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle BMX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kieran Reilly (born 12 July 2001) is a British cyclist from Gateshead who competes in Freestyle BMX. [2] In August 2023 he became the World Champion at the event.
Reilly began performing tricks on his BMX at the Leam Lane skatepark, in Gateshead. He entered his first competition at the Urban Games in Whitley Bay. [3] Reilly came to prominence in BMX in 2012, when as an 11-year-old he landed a 720 – two full spins in one jump – over a spine at a skatepark in Glasgow, Scotland. [4]
Reilly moved to Corby in Northamptonshire,in September 2020, to train with other Team GB riders. [5] Reilly landed the world's first-ever 'Triple Flair' - three full backflips and a 180-degree rotation at the end - at the 'Adrenaline Alley' indoor skatepark in Nottinghamshire, in January 2022. [6] In August 2022, he won silver at the 2022 European BMX Championships in Munich. [7]
In January 2022, Reilly executed a world-first trick at Asylum Skatepark in Nottinghamshire, UK. He launched off the top of an extended quarter-pipe, performed three full backflips, and added a 180-degree rotation. [8]
In June 2023, Reilly won the gold medal at the 2023 European Games with victory in the men's BMX freestyle park in Krzeszowice. [9] In August 2023 he won gold at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships – Men's freestyle BMX in Glasgow. [10]
He will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [11]
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