2016

Australian BMX history, results, and stories from the 2016 season.

May 2016

2016 UCI BMX World Championships

World Championships
Medellín, ColombiaRace

Results

10 Girls
  • 2ndSacha Mills
11 Boys

World Champion

Thomas Tucker

  • 4thCallum Howarth
12 & Under Cruiser
  • 6thThomas Tucker
12 Boys

World Champion

Tyson Kenny

13 Boys
  • 5thJesse Asmus
13 Girls
  • 8thMikayla Perkins
14 Girls

World Champion

Des'ree Barnes

15 Boys
  • 8thBradley Shaylor
15 Girls
  • 2ndMolly McGill
  • 3rdLorsyn Affoo
16 Boys
  • 2ndNathaniel Rodway
  • 7thKye Affoo
30 & Over Women Cruiser
  • 5thJulia Botfield
  • 6thMelanie Gibson
  • 7thSandy Cameron
  • 8thDanielle Lawrence
45 & Over Cruiser

World Champion

Brett Scruse

5-6 Boys
  • 3rdOskar Creighton
7 Boys
  • 3rdAiden Tillotson
8 Boys
  • 2ndBailey Mills
8 Girls
  • 2ndVada Botfield
9 Girls

World Champion

Portia Eden

  • 4thValencia Stevis
Elite Men
  • 8thAnthony Dean
Elite Women

World Champion

Caroline Buchanan

Junior Elite Men
  • 6thJye Hombsch
Junior Elite Women??
  • 8thMelinda McLeod

August 2016

2016 Rio Olympics — BMX Racing

World Championships
Race

Australian BMX riders at Rio 2016 were Sam Willoughby, Anthony Dean, and Bodi Turner in the men’s event, plus Caroline Buchanan and Lauren Reynolds in the women’s event.

Men: Willoughby finished 6th; Dean 8th; Turner 20th. Women: Buchanan finished 9th; Reynolds 11th.

Results

Men
  • 6thSam Willoughby
  • 8thAnthony Dean
  • 20thBodi Turner
Women
  • 9thCaroline Buchanan
  • 11thLauren Reynolds