Justin Dowell (born January 5, 2000) is an American freestyle BMX cyclist who has represented his nation at numerous global events including the Olympic Games, and won medals at multiple World Championships.
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| Born | January 5, 2000 Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Freestyle BMX | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFrom Virginia Beach, Dowell is known for a trick move called The Twix which is a mix of a tail whip and a bar at the same time. He won the freestyle park event at the 2018 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.[1] In 2019, he obtained a bronze medal at the Pan American Games.[2] He won silver in Abu Dhabi at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.[3]
Olympics
editDowell qualified to represent United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, one of the 9 competitors, representing 8 nations, to qualify.[4] Dowell finished in 8th in the Olympic final after he put down a foot on his landing of a 540 over a box jump in the first run and crashed while landing a trick during the second run.[5]
In June 2024, Dowell qualified again for the Olympics after finishing forth in Olympic Qualifier Series. He placed forth in the qualification round with 89.07 average score. In the final he had a flawless first run that included his signature 360 Twix and earned 88.35 enough for fifth provisional place. Dowell started his second run with a no-handed 540 but sat up after realizing he couldn’t better his first run and he finished 7th overall.[6]
Competitive history
editAll results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 7th, 2024
Olympic Games
edit| Event | Freestyle Park |
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| 8th | |
| 7th |
UCI Cycling World Championships
edit| Event | Freestyle Park |
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| 8th | |
| Gold | |
| 4th | |
| 4th | |
| Silver | |
| 7th |
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup
edit| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points |
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| 2022 | MON 7 |
BRU 11 |
GOL 5 |
5 | 1770 | |
| 2023 | DIR 10 |
MON 29 |
BRU 5 |
BAZ 26 |
13 | 1245 |
| 2024 | ENO 28 |
MON — |
SHA |
47 | 27 |
References
edit- ^ "Justin Dowell Wins UCI World Cycling Championship". monsterenergy.com. November 12, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ "Justin Dowell". usacycling.org. USA Cycling. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ "Urban Cycling World Championships 2022: Hannah Roberts wins fourth BMX freestyle park title". Olympics.com.
- ^ "Ciclismo BMX freestyle DOWELL Justin - Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/ (in Spanish). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ Palermo, Angelina (July 31, 2024). "PERRIS BENEGAS EARNS SILVER IN BMX FREESTYLE AT PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS". USA Cycling. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Palermo, Angelina (July 31, 2021). "HANNAH ROBERTS WINS SILVER IN BMX FREESTYLE'S OLYMPIC DEBUT AND FIRST MEDAL FOR TEAM USA IN CYCLING". USA Cycling. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
External links
edit- Justin Dowell at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
- Justin Dowell at Olympics.com
- Justin Dowell at Olympedia
- Justin Dowell at the X Games
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