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Nikita Ducarroz (born 12 August 1996 in Nice, France) is a Swiss Freestyle BMX Olympic bronze medalist. [1]
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Nikita Ducarroz (born 12 August 1996 in Nice, France) is a Swiss Freestyle BMX Olympic bronze medalist. [1]
Born in Nice, France to a Swiss father and an American mother of Chaldean and Sicilian descent, she grew up in Glen Ellen, California. At the age of 11, she began suffering from crippling anxiety which forced her to quit playing association football and attend online school. [2] Her mother wanted her to pursue another sport. Through YouTube, Ducarroz found BMX. [3]
In 2019 she finished fifth at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, fourth at the UCI Freestyle BMX World Cup and then won the 2020 BMX Simple Session in Tallinn, Estonia. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ducarroz was in lockdown at the Daniel Dhers Action Sports Complex training facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina. [4]
She won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She won the silver medal at the 2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in the Freestyle BMX, [5] and again in 2022. [6]
She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics on 31 July 2024, without qualifying for the final and finishing 10th. [7]
All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 5th, 2024
| Event | Freestyle Park |
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 2020 Tokyo | Bronze |
 2024 Paris | 10th |
| Event | Freestyle Park |
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 2017 Chengdu | 17th |
| 2018 Chengdu | 6th |
| 2019 Chengdu | 5th |
| 2021 Montpellier | Silver |
 2022 Abu Dhabi | Silver |
 2023 Glasgow | 13th |
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points |
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| 2022 | MON 3 | BRU 4 | GOL 7 | 2 | 2210 | |
| 2023 | DIR 9 | MON 11 | BRU 14 | BAZ 7 | 4 | 1720 |
| 2024 | ENO 6 | MON — | SHA | 13 | 670 |
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