Anthony Jeanjean (born 13 May 1998) is a French cyclist who competes in the
Freestyle BMX Freestyle BMX is bicycle motocross stunt riding on BMX bikes. It is an extreme sport descended from BMX racing that consists of five disciplines: street, park, vert, trails, and flatland. In June 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced t ...
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Jeanjean began riding BMX in
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
, aged 10. He won the inaugural European freestyle BMX Championship as well as French national BMX freestyle gold in 2020.
In June 2021, he was selected for the French team to compete at the delayed
2020 Summer Games
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
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He again became the French national champion at the event held at the Olympic Park in
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
in October 2022. In November 2022 he won the bronze medal at the
2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
The 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships are the fifth edition of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, and are held from 9 to 13 November 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The 2022 championships comprised events in freestyle B ...
in the
Freestyle BMX Freestyle BMX is bicycle motocross stunt riding on BMX bikes. It is an extreme sport descended from BMX racing that consists of five disciplines: street, park, vert, trails, and flatland. In June 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced t ...
held in
Abu Dhabi
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1998 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
French male cyclists
BMX riders
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for France
21st-century French people
European Games silver medalists for France
Cyclists at the 2023 European Games
European Games medalists in cycling
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