Sasha Pardoe

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Sasha Pardoe
Personal information
Full nameSasha Pardoe
Born (2006-01-19) 19 January 2006 (age 19) [1]
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Freestyle BMX
Medal record
Women's freestyle BMX
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Cadenazzo Freestyle Park

Sasha Pardoe (born 19 January 2006) is a British cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX. She won gold at the 2024 European BMX Championships.

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Early and personal life

From Stourbridge, she is coached by her father, Gavin, a former time trial road racer for Great Britain. [2] As a teenager she was in the Army Cadet Force. [3] In 2023, she was completing an apprenticeship to train as a chef. [2]

Career

She competed in the Freestyle Park for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2022 European Championships in her major championship debut, and placed sixth overall. [4] [5] That year, she finished second behind Charlotte Worthington at the British National Championships. [2]

Her second competitive senior international competition was the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, in which she also qualified for the final. [2]

In July 2024, she became British national champion. [6] She won gold at the 2024 European BMX Championships in Cadenazzo, Switzerland in September 2024. [7]

References

  1. "Sasha Pardoe". ec2022. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Thomas, Fiona (17 August 2023). "Teenage tricks: Sasha Pardoe is Great Britain's next BMX medal hope". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. "Spotlight: Sasha Pardoe". thebloombmx. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. "Sasha Pardoe enters BMX big time at European Championships". Stoirbridge News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. "Pardoe warns there is more to come in BMX final". Glasgow Times. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  6. "REILLY AND PARDOE CLAIM NATIONAL TITLES AS BRITS ROCK THE TRACK". British Cycling. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  7. "GB's Pardoe and Reilly win European BMX gold". BBC Sport. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.