Iveta Miculyčová

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Iveta Miculyčová
Personal information
Full nameIveta Miculyčová
Born (2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 18)
Sport
Country Czech Republic
SportFreestyle BMX,
Medal record
Women's freestyle BMX
Representing  Czech Republic
Urban World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Abu Dhabi Freestyle Park
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Freestyle Park
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Freestyle Park
Gold medal – first place 2023 Krzeszowice Freestyle Park

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[edit]

Miculyčová is from Kostelec nad Orlicí in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. In 2018 a skatepark was built in her hometown and her parents bought her a BMX for Christmas.[1] She also played football and made it to the under-15 national team and received an offer to play from Sparta Prague but her mother preferred her to stay at home and finish her education.[2]

Career[edit]

Miculyčová became the first Czech rider to complete a back flip in competition. She won the 2022 European BMX Championships in Munich, Germany, in August 2022, triumphing over a field that included Olympic medalists Charlotte Worthington and Nikita Ducarroz. This win came about despite Miculyčová suffering a hematoma in her thigh which hampered her later runs in the competition.[3] She followed this up with bronze at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships held in Abu Dhabi.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "QUICK QUESTIONS WITH IVETA MICULYČOVÁ". thebloombmx. 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Iveta Miculyčová, European BMX champion: My parents didn't want me to do freestyle". welovecycling.com. 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "European Freestyle BMX Champion Iveta Miculyčová: I do the backflip trick at least three times in every training session". sport.rozhlas.cz. 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Urban Cycling World Championships 2022: Hannah Roberts wins fourth BMX freestyle park title". Olympics.com.