Hannah Roberts (BMX cyclist)

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Hannah Roberts
Roberts in 2017
Personal information
Born (2001-08-10) August 10, 2001 (age 22)
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Medal record
Women's BMX
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Freestyle
Urban World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Chengdu Freestyle Park
Gold medal – first place 2019 Chengdu Freestyle Park
Gold medal – first place 2021 Montpellier Freestyle Park
Gold medal – first place 2022 Abu Dhabi Freestyle Park
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Freestyle Park
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Chengdu Freestyle Park

Hannah Roberts (born August 10, 2001) is an American BMX freestyle cyclist. She is a five time world champion in the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships and silver medalist in freestyle BMX at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Early life[edit]

Roberts was born in South Bend, Indiana. Roberts’ mother is Betty Roberts. Roberts grew up in Buchanan, Michigan where she graduated from Buchanan High School in 2019.[1]

Roberts began riding BMX at age 9.[1] Roberts entered her first BMX competition in 2012.[1]

Career[edit]

Urban World Championships[edit]

In 2017, Roberts competed in Chengdu, China at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships where she won gold and became world champion.[2][3] After earning bronze in 2018, Roberts won her second BMX world title in 2019[4] and a third world title in 2021.[5]

Olympics[edit]

Roberts became the first American to qualify in BMX freestyle for the 2020 Summer Olympics, for the first Olympics the event would be included[4] Going into the event, Roberts was seeded first and was a favorite to win.[6] She had the highest score in the first round with a score of 96.10. For her second run, she needed to improve to a score of 97.50 to win gold, but after a poor landing she stopped the run, accepting a silver medal.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Hannah Roberts". teamusa.org/. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  2. ^ AP (July 6, 2018). "Teen Hannah Roberts rises to top in BMX, Olympics in sight". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Hammon, Kelsey (March 5, 2019). "Buchanan native first female BMX freestyler to win world championship". Leader Publications. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Hannah Roberts is first U.S. Olympic qualifier in BMX freestyle". sports.yahoo.com. February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "BMX Freestyle: Hannah Roberts and Logan Martin crowned Urban Cycling 2021 World Champions". Olympics.com. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Watch Hannah Roberts' Top-Scoring Run During Women's BMX Freestyle Seeding". NBC Chicago. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "South Bend native Hannah Roberts takes silver in women's BMX freestyle at Tokyo Olympics". www.msn.com. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  8. ^ "19-Year-Old Hannah Roberts Nabs Silver in BMX Freestyle's Olympic Debut". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

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