Kye Whyte (born 21 September 1999) is a British male

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. He was a silver medallist at the

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. He competed in the fourteenth series of ''

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'' in 2022.

Early life

Whyte started riding BMX at the age of three at Brixton BMX Club in Brockwell Park, south London. Later, alongside his brothers Daniel and Tre Whyte he attended

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BMX Club as a youngster. The club was co-founded by the brothers' father Nigel. Tre and Kye would both become members of the

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, with Kye becoming the eighth member of the Peckham club to do so. Kye suffered a crash shortly after first joining the British Cycling talent group, spending five days in an induced coma and unable to ride for a year. Kye whyte for bmx gold Peckham

Career

He won a European championship silver medal behind teammate

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in 2018. A first UCI BMX Supercross World Cup victory came in Manchester in April 2019. At the 2019 UCI BMX World Championships Whyte again looked to be continuing his form on his way to the final, but his hopes of a medal were ended as he was caught behind a crash, eventually finishing fifth. On 20 June 2021, he was named in the British team for the delayed

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, where he won a silver medal in a close contest with the Netherlands' Niek Kimmann. Outside of BMX racing, he was announced to take part in the fourteenth series of ''

''.

Major results

;2018 :

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

::2nd Men's BMX racing ;2021 :

2020 Tokyo Olympic 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 ...

::2nd

BMX racing BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle racing, races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for u ...

;2022 :

2022 UCI BMX World Championships The 2022 UCI BMX World Championships was held from 26 to 31 July 2022 in Nantes, France. Medal summary Elite events U23 events Junior events Medal table References

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::2nd Men's BMX racing :

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::1st Men's BMX racing

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