Sun Jiaqi
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sun Jiaqi |
| Born | 26 April 2004 Luohe, China |
| Sport | |
| Country |  China |
| Sport | Freestyle BMX |
| Coached by | Daniel Dhers |
Sun Jiaqi (Chinese: 孙佳琪, born 26 April 2004) is a Chinese Freestyle BMX cyclist who will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]In 2022, she finished second in the Chinese championships and competed for the first time in the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, where she was eliminated in the qualification. Four weeks later, she won the BMX Freestyle World Cup in Gold Coast, Australia, ahead of world champion Hannah Roberts. She became the first Chinese World Cup champion.[1][2]
At the first round of the 2023 World Cup in Diriyya, she finished second behind Roberts. In June 2023, she won the Madrid Urban Sports Festival.[3] She is coached by Daniel Dhers.[4]
During the first leg of the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai she finished in second place with a score of 93.68.[5] During the second leg of the qualifier series in Budapest, she finished in third place with a score of 91.30.[6] As a result, she qualified to represent China at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7] During the women's BMX freestyle event she finished in sixth place with a score of 70.80. During the final seconds of her first, she clipped her front tire on the spine and landed hard on her full-faced helmet.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "中国自由式小轮车手孙佳琪专访：小轮车让我变得更加自信". olympics.com (in Chinese). 2 August 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Sun Jiaqi". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Mikkelsen, Sebastian (17 June 2023). "Madrid Urban Sports 2023: Sun Jiaqi triumphs in women's BMX Freestyle park". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Binner, Andrew (18 May 2024). "Olympic silver medallist Daniel Dhers: "Coaching the Chinese women's team motivates me too"". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Binner, Andrew (18 May 2024). "Near-perfect Sun Sibei wins women's BMX Freestyle Park at OQS Shanghai". Olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Smirnova, Lena (22 June 2024). "OQS winner Hannah Roberts sets sights on new matching tattoo of Parisian landmark, but still looking for Olympic ring sunglasses". oympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ De Clercq, Geert (29 July 2024). "Olympics-China targets BMX Freestyle for women's medals". srnnews.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Deng Yawen of China wins freestyle BMX gold, 5-time world champ Hannah Roberts of US crashes out". Associated Press. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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