Beth Shriever
MBE
Personal information
Full nameBethany Kate Shriever
Born (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999
Leytonstone, England
Medal record
Women's BMX
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Women's BMX racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Arnhem Women's Elite Race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Women's Elite Race
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rock Hill Women's BMX
Silver medal – second place 2016 Medellín Women's Time Trial
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dessel Women's Elite Race
Silver medal – second place 2016 Verona Women's Time Trial

Bethany Kate Shriever[1] MBE (born 19 April 1999) is an elite British cyclist, competing as a BMX racer. A World Junior champion in 2017, and winner of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup final event in Zolder in 2018,[2] in 2021 Shriever won both the Olympic and World titles, equalling the feat of Colombian legend Mariana Pajón, who won Olympic silver. In 2022 Shriever completed the full set of gold medals by winning the 2022 UEC BMX Racing European Championships; in doing so, she became the first BMX racing cyclist in history to hold all three titles simultaneously.

Life

Shriever was born in 1999 and she began BMX when she was aged eight years old.[3] Thereafter she started training at her local club in Braintree and went on to start competing at weekends.[4] Shriever won the silver medal at the 2016 BMX European Cycling Championships[5] In 2017 she became the Junior World Champion. In 2018 she finished 17th in her maiden appearance as a senior at the World Championships in Baku[6] as well as winning the UCI BMX World Cup final in Belgium edging Judy Baauw and Laura Smulders into second and third.[7] In March 2020 Shriever dominated the National BMX Series in Manchester without dropping a lap.[8]

Shriever was chosen to be part of Great Britain’s 26 strong cycling squad at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she won the Women's BMX racing gold medal. Whilst being interviewed on TV after her win she couldn't refrain from swearing in her shock. [9][10]

Personal life

Shriever worked part-time as a teaching assistant in a nursery at the Stephen Perse Foundation[11] to cover some of her costs of training and travelling because UK Sport stipulated in its funding review after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games that only male riders would be supported heading towards Tokyo 2020.

Shriever was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to BMX racing.[12][13]

Major results

2016
2nd European BMX Championships
2017
1st UCI BMX World Championships, Junior
2018
1st Stage 5, BMX Supercross World Cup, Zolder
2021
1st BMX racing, Olympic Games
1st UCI BMX World Championships, Elite
2022
1st European BMX Championships
2023
1st UCI BMX World Championships, Elite

References

  1. ↑ "Beth Shriever". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ↑ [the-uci-bmx-supercross-world-cup-chronicle-186154]
  3. ↑ "Like A Girl: World junior BMX champion Bethany Shriever". BBC Three. 10 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sponsorships". The Healing Zone. 9 August 2020. Bethany Shriever: Beth is looking forward to working with The Healing Zone on her journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  5. ↑ "BMX Cycling - Bethany Shriever (Great Britain)". the-sports.org.
  6. ↑ "Beth Shriever: BMX rider turns to crowdfunding in 2020 Olympics bid". BBC Sport. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Shriever secures maiden UCI BMX Supercross World Cup win in Heusden-Zolder". Inside the Games. 12 May 2018. Britain's Bethany Shriever
  8. ↑ "Beth Shriever and Chad Hartwell take early leads as the 2020 HSBC UK | National BMX Series gets under way in Manchester". British Cycling.
  9. ↑ "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021. Women's BMX SX: Beth Shriever
  10. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Bethany Shriever & Kye Whyte win historic medals in BMX racing". BBC Sport. 30 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "BMX World Cup victory for Beth Shriever". Stephen Perse Foundation. 14 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N25. Bethany SHRIEVER. For services to Bicycle Motocross Racing.
  13. ↑ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021. Beth Shriever (Olympic BMX rider), for services to BMX racing


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