UCI BMX World Championships are the world championships for BMX racing (bicycle motocross) held under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's international governing body.

The UCI BMX World Championships are held annually and the winner of each event is crowned the BMX Cycling World Champion. This three-day cycling festival should not be confused with the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, which is the international BMX racing series held at numerous locations throughout the year.

The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner. Silver and bronze medals are awarded to the second and third place contestants. World champions wear their rainbow jersey until the following year's championship, but they may wear it only in the type of event in which they won it.

Summary

IBMXF

Number Year Host Country Year Host Country
IBMXF World Championships FIAC World Championships
1 1982 Dayton  United States
2 1983 Slagharen  Netherlands
3 1984 Suzuka  Japan
4 1985 Whistler  Canada 1985 Jesolo  Italy
5 1986 Slough  United Kingdom 1986 Riccione  Italy
6 1987 Orlando  United States 1987 Bordeaux  France
7 1988 Santiago  Chile 1988 Mol  Belgium
8 1989 Brisbane  Australia 1989 São Paulo  Brazil
9 1990 Le Castellet  France 1990 Aranda de Duero  Spain
IBMXF–FIAC World Championships
10 1991 Sandnes  Norway
11 1992 Salvador  Brazil
12 1993 Schijndel  Netherlands
13 1994 Waterford  United States
14 1995 Bogotá  Colombia

UCI BMX

Number Year Host Country Events
1 1996 Brighton  United Kingdom 6
2 1997 Saskatoon  Canada 6
3 1998 Melbourne  Australia 6
4 1999 Vallet  France 6
5 2000 Córdoba  Argentina 6
6 2001 Louisville  United States 6
7 2002 Paulínia  Brazil 6
8 2003 Perth  Australia 6
9 2004 Valkenswaard  Netherlands 6
10 2005 París  France 6
11 2006 São Paulo  Brazil 8
12 2007 Victoria  Canada 8
13 2008 Taiyuan  China 8
14 2009 Adelaide  Australia 8
15 2010 Pietermaritzburg  South Africa 8
16 2011 Copenhague  Denmark 8
17 2012 Birmingham  United Kingdom 8
18 2013 Auckland  New Zealand 8
19 2014 Rotterdam  Netherlands 8
20 2015 Zolder  Belgium 8
21 2016 Medellín  Colombia 8
22 2017 Rock Hill, South Carolina  United States 4
23 2018 Baku  Azerbaijan 4
24 2019 Heusden-Zolder  Belgium 4
- 2020 Houston, Texas  United States 4
25 2021 Arnhem  Netherlands 4
26 2022 Nantes  France 4
27 2023 Glasgow, Scotland  United Kingdom 4
28 2024 Rock Hill, South Carolina  United States 4

(cancelled) 2020

Past winners

The following list includes world champions at the elite Championship Level and does not include the Cruiser Level, Challenge level or Juniors, as defined by the UCI BMX Rule Book.

Elite Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Dale Holmes
 Great Britain 		Randy Stumpfhauser
 United States 		Florent Boutte
 France
1997 John Purse
 United States 		Greg Romero
 United States 		Matt Hadan
 United States
1998 Thomas Allier
 France 		Andy Contes
 United States 		Dylan Clayton
 Great Britain
1999 Robert de Wilde
 Netherlands 		Christophe Lévêque
 France 		Mario Soto
 Colombia
2000 Thomas Allier
 France 		Christophe Lévêque
 France 		Dale Holmes
 Great Britain
2001 Dale Holmes
 United Kingdom 		Ivo Lakučs
 Latvia 		Randy Stumpfhauser
 United States
2002 Kyle Bennett
 United States 		Randy Stumpfhauser
 United States 		Wade Bootes
 Australia
2003 Kyle Bennett
 United States 		Randy Stumpfhauser
 United States 		Robert de Wilde
 Netherlands
2004 Warwick Stevenson
 Australia 		Cristian Becerine
 Argentina 		Bubba Harris
 United States
2005 Bubba Harris
 United States 		Mike Day
 United States 		Robert de Wilde
 Netherlands
2006 Javier Colombo
 Argentina 		Randy Stumpfhauser
 United States 		Mike Day
 United States
2007 Kyle Bennett
 United States 		Khalen Young
 Australia 		Randy Stumpfhauser
 United States
2008 Māris Štrombergs
 Latvia 		Steven Cisar
 United States 		Sifiso Nhlapo
 South Africa
2009 Donny Robinson
 United States 		Mike Day
 United States 		Ramiro Marino
 Argentina
2010 Māris Štrombergs
 Latvia 		Sifiso Nhlapo
 South Africa 		Joris Daudet
 France
2011 Joris Daudet
 France 		Māris Štrombergs
 Latvia 		Marc Willers
 New Zealand
2012 Sam Willoughby
 Australia 		Joris Daudet
 France 		Moana Moo-Caille
 France
2013 Liam Phillips
 Great Britain 		Marc Willers
 New Zealand 		Luis Brethauer
 Germany
2014 Sam Willoughby
 Australia 		Tory Nyhaug
 Canada 		Tre Whyte
 Great Britain
2015 Niek Kimmann
 Netherlands 		Jelle van Gorkom
 Netherlands 		David Graf
 Switzerland
2016 Joris Daudet
 France 		Niek Kimmann
 Netherlands 		Nicholas Long
 United States
2017 Corben Sharrah
 United States 		Sylvain André
 France 		Joris Daudet
 France
2018 Sylvain André
 France 		Joris Daudet
 France 		Anderson De Souza
 Brazil
2019 Twan van Gendt
 Netherlands 		Niek Kimmann
 Netherlands 		Sylvain André
 France
2020 Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Niek Kimmann
 Netherlands 		Sylvain André
 France 		David Graf
 Switzerland
2022 Simon Marquart
 Switzerland 		Kye Whyte
 United Kingdom 		Joris Daudet
 France

Elite Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Natarsha Williams
 Australia 		Natasha Massop
 Netherlands 		Kerstin Munski
 Germany
1997 Michelle Cairns
 United States 		Karien Gubbels
 Netherlands 		Marie McGilvary
 United States
1998 Rachel Marshall
 Australia 		Marie McGilvary
 United States 		Brigitte Busschers
 Netherlands
1999 Audry Pichol
 France 		Dagmara Poláková
 Slovakia 		Tatjana Schocher
 Switzerland
2000 Natarsha Williams
 Australia 		Ellen Bollansée
 Belgium 		Gabriela Díaz
 Argentina
2001 Gabriela Díaz
 Argentina 		Marie McGilvary
 United States 		Elodie Ajinça
 France
2002 Gabriela Díaz
 Argentina 		Karine Chambonneau
 France 		Jana Horáková
 Czech Republic
2003 Elodie Ajinça
 France 		Willy Kanis
 Netherlands 		Tatjana Schocher
 Switzerland
2004 Gabriela Díaz
 Argentina 		Cyrielle Convert
 France 		Alice Jung
 United States
2005 Willy Kanis
 Netherlands 		Renee Junga
 Australia 		Laëtitia Le Corguillé
 France
2006 Willy Kanis
 Netherlands 		Gabriela Díaz
 Argentina 		Cecile Lazzarotto
 France
2007 Shanaze Reade
 Great Britain 		Sarah Walker
 New Zealand 		Jana Horáková
 Czech Republic
2008 Shanaze Reade
 Great Britain 		Anne-Caroline Chausson
 France 		Sarah Walker
 New Zealand
2009 Sarah Walker
 New Zealand 		Eva Ailloud
 France 		Arielle Martin
 United States
2010 Shanaze Reade
 Great Britain 		Sarah Walker
 New Zealand 		Alise Post
 United States
2011 Mariana Pajón
 Colombia 		Sarah Walker
 New Zealand 		Magalie Pottier
 France
2012 Magalie Pottier
 France 		Eva Ailloud
 France 		Romana Labounková
 Czech Republic
2013 Caroline Buchanan
 Australia 		Lauren Reynolds
 Australia 		Manon Valentino
 France
2014 Mariana Pajón
 Colombia 		Alise Post
 United States 		Laura Smulders
 Netherlands
2015 Stefany Hernández
 Venezuela 		Caroline Buchanan
 Australia 		Simone Christensen
 Denmark
2016 Mariana Pajón
 Colombia 		Caroline Buchanan
 Australia 		Alise Post
 United States
2017 Alise Post
 United States 		Caroline Buchanan
 Australia 		Mariana Pajón
 Colombia
2018 Laura Smulders
 Netherlands 		Merel Smulders
 Netherlands 		Judy Baauw
 Netherlands
2019 Alise Willoughby
 United States 		Laura Smulders
 Netherlands 		Axelle Étienne
 France
2020 Cancelled due to Covid-19
2021 Bethany Shriever
 Great Britain 		Judy Baauw
 Netherlands 		Laura Smulders
 Netherlands
2022 Felicia Stancil
 United States 		Zoé Claessens
 Switzerland 		Merel Smulders
 Netherlands

Medals tables

These tables includes medalists in all Championship categories, both Men and Women, Junior and Elite, BMX and Cruiser.

Medal table

1996–2021, all events (as 2021)
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France 36 36 37 109
2  United States 34 35 34 103
3  Australia 21 17 11 49
4  Netherlands 17 20 17 54
5  Colombia 14 5 8 27
6  Great Britain 12 8 7 27
7  Argentina 6 10 6 22
8  New Zealand 5 6 7 18
9  Latvia 5 3 4 12
10  Ecuador 3 2 0 5
11  Switzerland 2 3 6 11
12  South Africa 2 1 1 4
13  Venezuela 2 0 1 3
14  Canada 1 3 2 6
15  Norway 1 1 1 3
16  Italy 1 1 0 2
17  Brazil 1 0 4 5
18  Portugal 1 0 0 1
19  Czech Republic 0 5 5 10
20  Germany 0 2 4 6
21  Russia 0 2 2 4
22  Belgium 0 1 2 3
23  Chile 0 1 1 2
24  Austria 0 1 0 1
 Slovakia 0 1 0 1
26  Denmark 0 0 2 2
 Lithuania 0 0 2 2
Total 164 164 164 492

Champions by year

Year Venue Champions
2024 United States Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
  • Elite Women:
  • Elite Men:
  • Junior Women:
  • Junior Men:
2023 United Kingdom Glasgow, Great Britain
  • Elite Women:
  • Elite Men:
  • Junior Women:
  • Junior Men:
2022 France Nantes, France
2021 Netherlands Papendal, Netherlands
2020 United States Houston, USA

CANCELLED (COVID-19 Pandemic)

2019 Belgium Zolder, Belgium
2018 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan
2017 United States Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
2016 Colombia Medellín, Colombia
2015 Belgium Zolder, Belgium
2014 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
2013 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
2012 United Kingdom Birmingham, Great Britain
2011 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 South Africa Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
2009 Australia Adelaide, Australia
2008 China Taiyuan, China
2007 Canada Victoria, Canada
2006 Brazil São Paulo, Brasil
2005 France Paris, France
2004 Netherlands Valkenswaard, Netherlands
2003 Australia Perth, Australia
2002 Brazil Paulínia, Brasil
2001 United States Louisville, United States
2000 Argentina Cordoba, Argentina
  • Elite Women: Natarsha Williams Australia
  • Elite Men: Thomas Allier France
  • Junior Women: Jamie Lilly United States
  • Junior Men: Jason Ream United States
  • Elite Men Cruiser: Mario Soto Colombia
  • Junior Men Cruiser: Medhi Remili France
  • Nation:  United States
1999 France Vallet, France
1998 Australia Melbourne, Australia
1997 Canada Saskatoon, Canada
1996 United Kingdom Brighton, United Kingdom

Individual

Most decorated riders (Earned 3 or more medals in Elite Men or Elite Women):

Men

Place Rider 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Kyle Bennett  United States 3 0 0 3
2 Joris Daudet  France 2 2 3 7
3 Niek Kimmann  Netherlands 2 2 0 4
4 Maris Strombergs  Latvia 2 1 0 3
5 Dale Holmes  Great Britain 2 0 1 3
6 Sylvain Andre  France 1 2 1 4
7 Robert De Wilde  Netherlands 1 0 2 3
8 Randy Stumpfhauser  United States 0 4 2 6
9 Mike Day  United States 0 2 1 3

Women

Place Rider 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Gabriela Díaz  Argentina 3 1 1 5
2 Mariana Pajón  Colombia 3 0 1 4
3 Shanaze Reade  Great Britain 3 0 0 3
4 Alise Willoughby  United States 2 1 2 5
5 Willy Kanis  Netherlands 2 1 0 3
6 Sarah Walker  New Zealand 1 3 1 5
7 Caroline Buchanan  Australia 1 3 0 4
8 Laura Smulders  Netherlands 1 1 2 4

Most Elite Men's Titles

Place Rider 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 Kyle Bennett  United States 3
2 Dale Holmes  Great Britain 2
2 Thomas Allier  France 2
2 Maris Strombergs  Latvia 2
2 Sam Willoughby  Australia 2
2 Joris Daudet  France 2
2 Niek Kimmann  Netherlands 2

Most Elite Women's Titles

Place Rider 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 Gabriela Díaz  Argentina 3
1 Shanaze Reade  Great Britain 3
1 Mariana Pajón  Colombia 3
2 Natarsha Williams  Australia 2
2 Willy Kanis  Netherlands 2
2 Alise Willoughby  United States 2

See also

References

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