Zoé Claessens

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Zoe Claessens
Personal information
Born (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Women's BMX racing
Event1st2nd3rd
Youth Olympic Games 010
World Championships 020
World Junior Championships 011
World Cup 010
World Cup rounds 443
European Championships 300
European Junior Championships 100
Total894
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Nantes BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rock Hill BMX racing
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 BMX racing
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed BMX racing
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Baku BMX racing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Heusden-Zolder BMX racing
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Heusden-Zolder BMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 BesançonBMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 BesançonBMX racing time trial (team)
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 ValmieraBMX racing

Zoe Claessens (born 28 April 2001) is a Swiss BMX racing cyclist.

Claessens started racing BMX at age seven. Her father founded the Echichens BMX Club in Switzerland, and two of her brothers were also BMX racers. In 2018 she received the Female Young Talent award from the Swiss Sports Aid Foundation. She was selected in the Swiss team for the Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX racing. [1] Prior to that event in June 2021 she became the European Champion in Heusden-Zolder. [2] She is coached by former World Champion and British Olympian Liam Phillips. [3]

In 2022 she won silver at the UCI BMX World Championships. In October 2022 she finished runner-up at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup behind Laura Smulders and ahead of Olympic champion Beth Shriever. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cycling BMX Racing: CLAESSENS Zoe". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. ↑ "BMX: la Vaudoise Zoé Claessens championne d'Europe!". RTSSport.ch. July 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ Bory, Romain (2021-07-19). "Liam Phillips: "When she performs well, Zoé Claessens is competitive"". La Cote. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. ↑ "BMX World Cup: Olympic champion Beth Shriever finishes third overall". BBC Sport .


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