Anthony Jeanjean
French cyclist
 Jeanjean in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anthony Jeanjean-Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-06-13) 13 June 1998 (age 26) Béziers, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle BMX, Dirt jumping | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Jeanjean (born 13 May 1998) is a French cyclist who competes in the Freestyle BMX. He was a bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Career
Jeanjean began riding BMX in Montpellier, aged 10. He won the inaugural European freestyle BMX Championship as well as French national BMX freestyle gold in 2020.[1] He again became the French national champion at the event held at the Olympic Park in Montpellier in October 2022.[2] In November 2022 he won the bronze medal at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in the Freestyle BMX held in Abu Dhabi.[3]
Olympics
In June 2021, he was selected for the French team to compete at the delayed 2020 Summer Games.[4] He placed forth in the seeding round. He scored 78.20 in the first final run and placed fifth provisionally, but he couldn't improve in the second run and was overtaken by two riders to finish seventh overall.
Jeanjean qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics via host quota. He advanced to the final with the fifth result among 12 competitors. In the first run he made an early mistake scoring 3.22 which was the lowest score of the event. In the second run Jeanjean performed a double backflip to take provisional second place with a score of 93.76 and was later overscored by Great Britain's Kieran Reilly who had 93.91 on his attempt.[5]
Competitive history
All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 7th, 2024
Olympic Games
| Event | Freestyle Park |
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 2020 Tokyo | 7th |
| 2024 Paris | Bronze |
UCI Cycling World Championships
| Event | Freestyle Park |
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 2017 Chengdu | 9th |
| 2018 Chengdu | 13th |
| 2019 Chengdu | 11th |
| 2021 Montpellier | 16th |
 2022 Abu Dhabi | Bronze |
 2023 Glasgow | 24th |
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points |
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| 2022 | MON 3 | BRU 1 | GOL 2 | 2 | 2720 | |
| 2023 | DIR 18 | MON 2 | BRU 1 | BAZ 3 | 3 | 2890 |
| 2024 | ENO 1 | MON 1 | SHA | 1 | 2000 |
References
- ^ "Freestyle BMX prodigy Anthony Jeanjean Joins TSG". 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Aude Cassagne and Alex Jumelin French BMX flat champions, Laury Perez and Anthony Jeanjean titled in the park". Lequipe.fr.
- ^ "Urban Cycling World Championships 2022: Hannah Roberts wins fourth BMX freestyle park title". Olympics.com.
- ^ "JO Tokyo 2021 - La liste des Français sélectionnés - Sports Infos - Ski - Biathlon". www.ski-nordique.net (in French). 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympic Games Paris 2024: BMX Freestyle gold for Argentina's Jose Torres Gil". Union Cycliste Internationale. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
External links
- Anthony Jeanjean at the X Games
- Anthony Jeanjean at Équipe de France (in French)
- Anthony Jeanjean at Olympics.com
- Anthony Jeanjean at Olympedia
- Anthony Jeanjean on Instagram
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