Declan Brooks (born 10 July 1996) is a British Olympic bronze medalist winning cyclist who competes in

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. Brooks was born in

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and attended

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and would practise at the

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skate park. He won a bronze medal at the

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, and a silver in the freestyle World Cup in 2019, and achieved a tenth-place finish at the 2019

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, in

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. In June 2021 he was confirmed on the Great Britain team for the delayed

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. On 1 August he won the bronze medal in the BMX Freestyle.

Personal life

In 2017, Brooks appeared as a contestant on the

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dating gameshow '' Take Me Out''.

Contest history

*2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships - Park: 3rd *2019 UEC BMX Freestyle Park European Championships - 3rd

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* * * * * ---- 1996 births Living people British male cyclists British BMX riders Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in cycling English Olympic medallists Sportspeople from Portsmouth European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in cycling 21st-century British people X Games athletes {{UK-cycling-bio-stub