Iveta Miculyčová (born 15 September 2005) is a Czech BMX cyclist. In 2022 she became the European Champion in Freestyle Park and won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships.

Early life

Miculyčová is from

Kostelec nad Orlicí Kostelec nad Orlicí (; german: Adlerkosteletz) is a town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Koryta, Kostelecká Lhota and Kozodr ...

in the

Hradec Králové Region Hradec Králové Region ( cs, Královéhradecký kraj, ; pl, Kraj hradecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec K ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. In 2018 a skatepark was built in her hometown and her parents bought her a BMX for Christmas. She also played football and made it to the under-15 national team and received an offer to play from

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

but her mother preferred her to stay at home and finish her education.

Career

Miculyčová became the first Czech rider to complete a back flip in competition. She won the

2022 European BMX Championships The 2022 European BMX Championships consists of two separate championships: BMX racing and freestyle BMX. *European BMX racing Championships was held in Dessel, Belgium on 8-10 July. *European Freestyle BMX Championships was held in Munich, Ger ...

in Munich, Germany, in August 2022, triumphing over a field that included Olympic medalists

Charlotte Worthington Charlotte Worthington (born 26 June 1996) is a British cyclist and Olympic gold medallist who competes internationally in Freestyle BMX. Biography Worthington was born in 1996. Worthington took up BMX seriously at the age of 20, and worked ful ...

and

Nikita Ducarroz Nikita Ducarroz (born 12 August 1996 in Nice, France) is a Swiss Freestyle BMX Olympic bronze medalist. In 2019 she also finished fifth at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, fourth at the UCI Freestyle BMX World Cup and then won the 202 ...

. This win came about despite Miculyčová suffering a

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in her thigh which hampered her later runs in the competition. She followed this up with bronze 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 ...

held in

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References

2005 births Living people BMX riders Czech female cyclists European Games gold medalists for the Czech Republic Cyclists at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in cycling {{CzechRepublic-cycling-bio-stub