Iveta Miculyčová

Iveta Miculyčová
Miculyčová in 2022
Personal information
Full nameIveta Miculyčová
Born (2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 19)
Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
Sport
Country Czech Republic
SportFreestyle BMX,
Medal record
Women's freestyle BMX
Representing  Czech Republic
Urban World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Abu Dhabi Freestyle Park
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Freestyle Park
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Freestyle Park
Gold medal – first place 2023 Krzeszowice Freestyle Park
Silver medal – second place 2024 Cadenazzo Freestyle Park

Iveta Miculyčová (born 15 September 2005) is a Czech BMX cyclist. In 2022 she became the European Champion in Freestyle Park and won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships.

Early life

Miculyčová is from Kostelec nad Orlicí in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. In 2018 a skatepark was built in her hometown and her parents bought her a BMX for Christmas.[1] She also played football and made it to the under-15 national team and received an offer to play from Sparta Prague but her mother preferred her to stay at home and finish her education.[2]

Career

Miculyčová became the first Czech rider to complete a back flip in competition. She won the 2022 European BMX Championships in Munich, Germany, in August 2022, triumphing over a field that included Olympic medalists Charlotte Worthington and Nikita Ducarroz. This win came about despite Miculyčová suffering a hematoma in her thigh which hampered her later runs in the competition.[3] She followed this up with bronze at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships held in Abu Dhabi.[4]

Olympics 2024

Miculyčová qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics thanks to her 3rd place finish at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships. She became the first Czech rider, both male or female, to qualify for BMX Freestyle Park event at the Olympics. She finished fifth in the qualification round at the Olympics and qualified for the final. In the first final run Miculyčová posted 82.30 points to place fifth. In the second run she had an early foot-down and eventually finished sixth.[5]

Competitive history

All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 5th, 2024

Olympic Games

Event Freestyle Park
France 2024 Paris 6th

UCI Cycling World Championships

Event Freestyle Park
United Arab Emirates 2022 Abu Dhabi Bronze
United Kingdom 2023 Glasgow 9th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

Season 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2022 MON
12
BRU
GOL
15
17 660
2023 DIR
MON
BRU
13
BAZ
5
25 350

References

  1. ^ "QUICK QUESTIONS WITH IVETA MICULYČOVÁ". thebloombmx. 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Iveta Miculyčová, European BMX champion: My parents didn't want me to do freestyle". welovecycling.com. 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "European Freestyle BMX Champion Iveta Miculyčová: I do the backflip trick at least three times in every training session". sport.rozhlas.cz. 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Urban Cycling World Championships 2022: Hannah Roberts wins fourth BMX freestyle park title". Olympics.com.
  5. ^ "Olympic Games Paris 2024: China's Yawen Deng wins women's BMX Freestyle". UCI. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.