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Ernests Zēbolds

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Ernests Zēbolds
Personal information
Full nameErnests Zēbolds
Born (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 25)[1]
Sport
Country Latvia
SportFreestyle BMX

Ernests Zēbolds (3 June 1999) is a Latvian cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

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He started mountain biking at ten years-old, and started BMX the following year.[2]

Career

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In 2021, he had a fourth place finish in Moscow in the final of the European BMX Freestyle Championship.[3] In 2022, he finished in fifth place at the 2022 European BMX Championships in Munich.[4]

In 2023, he won the Latvian national championships. That year, he finished in fourth place in the 2023 European Games.[2] He reached the final of Freestyle Park competition at the UCI World Cycling Championships in Glasgow in August 2023.[5][6]

In June 2024, he qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7] Competing at the Games on 30 July 2024, he qualified for the final.[8] Zēbolds finished sixth in the first final run. Although he improved in the second and scored personal best in his career, he finished in eighth place.[9]

Competitive history

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All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 7th, 2024

Olympic Games

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Event Freestyle Park
France 2024 Paris 8th

UCI Cycling World Championships

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Event Freestyle Park
China 2018 Chengdu 20th
China 2019 Chengdu
France 2021 Montpellier 21st
United Arab Emirates 2022 Abu Dhabi 32nd
United Kingdom 2023 Glasgow 13th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

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Season 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2022 MON
21
BRU
GOL
19
26 230
2023 DIR
15
MON
25
BRU
32
BAZ
20
30 433
2024 ENO
14
MON
SHA
 
26 310

References

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  1. ^ "Ernests Zebolds". Olympics.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ernests Zebolds". ZHEBikes. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Zēbolds izcīna ceturto vietu Eiropas čempionātā olimpiskajā BMX frīstaila disciplīnā". sportazinas. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Ernests Zebolds wins 5th place in the European Championship in BMX freestyle". ocventspils.lv. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Flips and tricks in BMX freestyle finals at UCI championships". BBC News. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Ernests Seebold wins 13th place in the BMX freestyle world championship". jauns.lv. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Zēbolds kvalificējies Parīzes olimpisko spēļu BMX frīstaila sacensībām". sportazinas.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Latvian Ernests Zēbolds qualifies for BMX freestyle finals". lms.lv. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Zēbolds ar karjerā labāko sniegumu olimpiskajās spēlēs izcīna astoto vietu BMX frīstailā". LSM.lv. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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