Payton Ridenour (born May 29, 2002) is an American female

BMX rider BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation. History BMX began during the earl ...

Cycling career

She is a seven-time BMX national champion who qualified to compete in the

2020 Olympics 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 ...

. She was the youngest competitor in her event, in which she finished 17th. In May 2021, she earned her first BMX Supercross World Cup podium, a second place finish in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, Colombia.

Personal life

Ridenour is an only child. Her father, Keith is a former amateur BMX racer. Ridenour has published a children's book.

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* * * * 2002 births Living people BMX riders American female cyclists Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century American women {{US-cycling-bio-stub