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| Full name | Cristian Daniel Becerine | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1977 Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Free Agents BMX | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Bicycle motocross (BMX) | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Cristian Daniel Becerine (born 17 April 1977 in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut) is an Argentine professional BMX cyclist.[1] He is a 2003 American Bicycle Association champion, a ten-time national BMX riding champion, a silver medalist at the 2004 UCI World Championships in Valkenswaard, Netherlands, and a semifinalist in men's BMX at the 2008 Summer Olympics, representing his nation Argentina.[2] Currently residing in Costa Mesa, California, United States, Becerine also raced for the Free Agent BMX Cycling Team, along with his teammate and two-time defending Olympic champion Māris Štrombergs from Latvia, and the late Kyle Bennett.[3][4] Becerine currently rides for Throdwn and coaches their development team.[5]
Becerine qualified for the Argentine squad in men's BMX cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths based on his top-ten performance from the UCI BMX World Rankings. After he grabbed a twenty-seventh seed on the morning prelims with a time of 37.253 and then finished second in the quarterfinals, Becerine scored a total of 15 placing points to mount a fifth spot in his semifinal heat, narrowly missing out the top-eight final by a single token.[6][7][8]
