Nicole Callisto

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Nicole Callisto
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Nicole Callisto (right)
Personal information
Full nameNicole Callisto
Born (1987-11-12) 12 November 1987 (age 36)
Joondalup, Australia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamFree Agent World Team
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX Racing)
Major wins
2005 Junior World BMX Championships

Nicole Callisto (born 12 November 1987 in Joondalup, Western Australia) is an Australian BMX cyclist who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She began riding when she was three and won the 2005 Junior World BMX Championships. Callisto has been under contract with Free Agent Bicycles for the Free Agent World BMX Team since the 2006 BMX racing season.

Callisto currently lives in the Sydney, Australia area, and frequently travels out of country to compete in international BMX events called "world(s)" events.

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