Joris Daudet (born 12 February 1991) is a French racing cyclist, and World Champion who represents France in BMX. Born in Saintes, he won all twelve events on the European BMX tour in 2011. That year, he also won the

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. He achieved a second place in the time trial event at the 2013 BMX World Championship, and then regained the BMX World Championship in

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. In

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, he finished in third place, before finishing second in

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. He was selected to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event. He also competed at the

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. He also competed in the 2015 European Games for

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in the men's BMX. He earned a gold medal.

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* * * * 1991 births Living people BMX riders French male cyclists Olympic cyclists of France Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in cycling European Games gold medalists for France Cyclists at the 2015 European Games UCI BMX World Champions (elite men) People from Saintes, Charente-Maritime Sportspeople from Charente-Maritime Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-cycling-bio-1990s-stub