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27/07/2016 Caroline Buchanan | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Caroline Buchanan

Athlete Biography

Having competed since she was �ve after following her brother into the sport, Caroline Buchanan

will return to Olympic competition at the Rio 2016 Games having made her debut in London four

years ago.

Buchanan rose up the ranks and in 2008 was amongst Australia's top BMX riders however she was

too young to be eligible for Olympic selection. She then expanded her skills into mountain biking

with downhill and four cross (4X) and went on to win mountain bike World Championships in 2009,

2010 and 2013.

The �ve times Australian BMX cyclist of the year won the time trial event at the 2012 World

Championships and headed into the her �rst Olympic Games as one of the medal favourites.

Having topped the timesheets in the seeding run, Buchanan won her semi-�nal and progressed to

the eight-woman �nal. Buchanan went on to �nish �fth as Colombia’s Mariana Pajon claimed gold.

Buchanan won the Time Trial World Championship in 2013 and then �nished second in 2015. She

started the Olympic year in spectacular fashion winning World cup events in Argentina and

Manchester before �nishing with silver at the Netherlands event.

Buchanan rounded out her strong lead in to Rio with a silver medal at the 2016 World

Championships behind Pajon having taken out the time trial world title earlier in the event. She

heads to Rio as the top ranked rider in the world.

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Fast Facts

Sport Cycling - BMX Status Selected

Event/s Individual Women Nickname Caz

Height 165 Weight 68

Age 25 Born Canberra, ACT, Australia

Lives Canberra, ACT, Australia

Olympic Information

2012 London - 5th

Recent Performances

2nd - 2016 World Championships (Medellin, Colombia)

2nd - 2016 World Cup 3 (Papendal, Netherlands)

1st - 2016 World Cup 2 (Manchester, UK)

1st - 2016 World Cup 1 (Santiago del Estero, Argentina)

Career Highlights

2 x BMX World Champion (2012 & 2013) 3 x Mountain Bike 4cross World Championship (2009,

2010) 5th London Olympic Games

2012 & 2014 BMX Supercross World Cup Series Winner and 16 x Australian National Champion

Australian Athlete of the year 2013 and Australian Cyclist of the year 2013.

Education

Primary St John Vianney Weston Creek (ACT, Australia)

Secondary Merici College Braddon, Erindale College (ACT, Australia)

Training

Coach Wade Bootes (2007 - current)

Institute/Academy Australian Institute of Sport




Primary Training Base Canberra Australia

Secondary Training Base Southern California

Q&A

Superstition/s to not be superstitious

Favourite food Pad Thai

Favourite holiday destination Whistler Canada...in summer....it has a great vibe to the town, very

laid back and endless amounts of riding.

Favourite music Aussie Hip Hop

Dream car Motor bike - Harley Davdison Forty8

Personal Motto "BE YOU: Be yourself because everyone else is taken"

Star Sign Scorpio

I would spend my last $10 on A musical instument..learn to play it, so then I could pay my parents

back for their amazing support over the years.

Tattoos/Piercings Ears pierced Olympic Ring

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Luge, skeleton, snowboard half pipe or boarder

cross – I’m an adrenalin junkie!

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Torah Bright's winning half pipe gold in 2010

First Olympic Memory? Watching Nadia Comenici the Olympic gymnast documentary on repeat at

about age 5.

Most In倂�uential person in your career/life Barry Nobles, my parents, Layne Beachley, Robert De

Castella, Tim Chadd Why this sport? Because I just love going fast and feeling like I can �y

27/07/2016 Anthony Dean | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Anthony Dean

Athlete Biography

A reserve for the London 2012 Team, Anthony Dean has climbed into the top ten in the world to

book his spot at his debut Olympic Games in Rio.

The South Australian product began competing when he was seven and after impressing in the

National Series, he got his 쮥䏐rst chance at competing on the world circuit in 2013.

A rider on the rise, Dean was a force to be reckoned with in 2014 as he broke through to win his

쮥䏐rst World Cup medal with silver in Manchester. He went on 쮥䏐nish the season as the second highest

ranked rider in the World Cup standings.

Dean made the 쮥䏐nal of the 2014 World Championships but crashed out as teammate Sam

Willoughby was crowned world champion. He backed up his break out year with a strong 2015

which included three World Cup top 쮥䏐ve results to put himself well in contention for a Rio berth.

Dean’s Olympic year couldn’t have started any worse when he snapped his collarbone in training in

early January. After surgery he was back on his bike in a matter of weeks in time to compete at the

opening World Cup event of 2016 in Argentina. He 쮥䏐nished seventh there and then again at the

Papendal World Cup before he bowed out in the semi-쮥䏐nals of the 2016 World Championships.


Cycling - BMX

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Event/s Individual Men Height 175

Weight 87 Age 25

Born Adelaide, SA, Australia Lives San Diego, United States

Olympic Information

Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut.

Recent Performances

14th - 2016 World Championships (Medellin, Colombia)

7th - 2016 World Cup 3 (Papendal, Netherlands)

8th - USA BMX Carolina Nationals (Rock Hill, USA)

26th - 2016 World Cup 1 (Santiago del Estero, Argentina)

8th - 2015 World Championships (Heusden-Zolder, Belgium)

Career Highlights

Finishing the 2014 season as the second highest ranked rider

Qualifying for my 쮥䏐rst Olympic team for Rio.

Making the 쮥䏐nal of both the 2014 and 2015 World Championships (crashed out in both and

쮥䏐nished eighth)

Education

Primary The Heights (SA, Australia)

Training

Coach Wade Bootes (2012 - current)

Club ChulaVista BMX - San Diego, California

Institute/Academy SASI - AIS Gold Coast

Primary Training Base San Diego, California

Secondary Training Base Adelaide, Australia




Q&A

Superstition/s Put my racing goggles on right before I walk into the gate.

Favourite food Beef BBQ Ribs

Favourite holiday destination California, United States

Favourite music The Game - Hip Hop

Dream car Mclaren P1

Personal Motto 100%

Star Sign Taurus

I would spend my last $10 on A book on how to survive with no money

Tattoos/Piercings Too Many tattoos to list. All my tattoos are connected to each other and have a

meaning of Family, sport and chasing my dreams.

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Basketball

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Usain Bolt 2012

First Olympic Memory? 2012 - Walking into the athlete village for the 쮥䏐rst time.

Most In뾨ꕰuential person in your career/life Sam Willoughby Why this sport? Grown up loving it

27/07/2016 Lauren Reynolds | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Lauren Reynolds

Athlete Biography

Alongside Rio 2016 teammates Sam Willoughby and Caroline Buchanan, Lauren Reynolds will

become one of the 㤍爸rst athletes to become a dual Olympian in BMX for Australia in Rio after the

discipline made its Olympic debut at the Beijing 2008 Games.

The West Australian headed into her debut Games in London ranked inside the top ten in the world

and coming o㤍潫 the back of a bronze medal at the test event. She quali㤍爸ed 9th fastest in the

seeding run and after 㤍爸nishing 6th and 5th in her opening two semi-㤍爸nal races she needed a good

result in the 㤍爸nal run. Unfortunately she was bumped and crashed out to 㤍爸nish 15th overall.

A strong 2015 saw Reynolds win the Oceania Championships, 㤍爸nish 㤍爸fth at the World

Championships and claim three top eight 㤍爸nishes in World Cup events including a third in

Angelhom, Sweden. At the end of the year Reynolds had a chance to see the 2016 Games track 㤍爸rst

hand at the Rio test event where she claimed a fourth place 㤍爸nish.

After a knee reconstruction at the end of 2013 she bounced back to form the following year

winning both the Australian National Series and the Oceania Championships.

Following a third placed 㤍爸nish at the 2016 Oceania Championships, Reynolds secured four podium

㤍爸nishes in the USA BMX circuit including her 㤍爸rst win on the tour. She progressed through to the

semi-㤍爸nals at the 2016 World Championships before 㤍爸nishing eighth and heads into the Rio 2016

Games ranked inside the world’s top ten.


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Fast Facts


Event/s Individual Women Nickname Lozza Bear


Age 25 Born Bunbury, WA, Australia

Lives Perth, WA, Australia

Olympic Information

London 2012 - 15th

Recent Performances


1st - USA BMX Mile High Nationals 2 (Colorado, USA)

13th - 2016 World Cup 3 (Papendal, Netherlands)

13th - 2016 World Cup 2 (Manchester, UK)


Career Highlights

Competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games

2013 World Silver medalist

2014 World cup Podium Bronze

Education

Primary Leschenault Catholic Primary School (WA, Australia)

Secondary Bunbury Catholic College (WA, Australia)

Training

Coach Sean Dwight 2014 - current)

Club Bunbury BMX Club




Institute/Academy AIS, WAIS

Primary Training Base San Diego, California

Secondary Training Base Bunbury, Australia

Q&A

Favourite food Japanese Food

Favourite holiday destination Im still searching, I love everywhere!

Favourite music Country, Indie, Hip Hop.

Dream car Range Rover Sport

Personal Motto Life is short, do what you love, love what you do. If it makes you smile, do it.

Star Sign Cancer

Tattoos/Piercings Tattoo: A really small 'bmx' on the side of my hip. I did this with my best friend

and my sister Hayley as little symbol that means a lot to each of us. Piercing: Small stud just under

my lip on the left hand side - just for a little while.

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Snowboarding

27/07/2016 Bodi Turner | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Bodi Turner

Athlete Biography

Bodi Turner will get his chance on sport’s greatest stage in Rio after rising through the ranks in the

past couple of years to be among the world’s elite.

Turner broke onto the scene in 2011 when he 倚鏊nished on the podium at a number of under 19

events before claiming 5th in the age group at the World Championships. He stepped up to the

senior competition in 2013 and the following year he claimed bronze at the Australian

Championships and 倚鏊fth at the Oceania Championships.

He made his senior World Championships debut in 2015 where he 倚鏊nished 14th before going to

secure his 倚鏊rst World Cup podium in Sweden. Lining up against many of the athletes he will

compete against in Rio, the Queenslander showed his progression in the sport by beating all but

one of his more fancied rivals a year out from the 2016 Games. He 倚鏊nished the year as the 11th

highest ranked rider in the world.

Turner began the Olympic year on home soil competing in the National Series. Having crashed out

to 倚鏊nish seventh in the opening round he bounced back to claim two wins and a second as he again

highlighted his credentials as one of Australia’s best.

After missing the semi-倚鏊nals at the opening three World Cup events of the 2016 season, Turner

progressed through to the penultimate race at the 2016 World Championships. In what was a

stacked semi that also featured Rio 2016 teammate Sam Willoughby, Turner 倚鏊nished seventh to

miss out on making his 倚鏊rst senior World Championships 倚鏊nal.


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Fast Facts


Event/s Individual Men Height 180

Weight 81 Age 21

Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia Lives Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information

Rio will be Olympic debut.

Recent Performances


35th - 2016 World Cup 2 (Manchester, UK)


2nd - 2015 World Cup 3 (Angelholm, Sweden)

14th - 2015 World Championships (Heusden-Zolder, Belgium)

Career Highlights

Finishing second at the 2015 World Cup event in Sweden

Winning the 2015 national series

Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Education

Primary Bayswater North P.S (VIC, Australia)

Secondary Heathmont S.C (VIC, Australia)

Training

Coach Wade Bootes (2011-current)

Institute/Academy VIS




Primary Training Base Gold Coast

Secondary Training Base San Diego, CA

Q&A

Favourite food Spag Bol.

Favourite holiday destination Ibiza, Spain

Favourite music Punk

Dream car Lamborghini Aventador

Personal Motto Constant Repetition carries conviction.

Star Sign Virgo

I would spend my last $10 on Pizza

Tattoos/Piercings Forearm tattoos, my journey through life: bmx, travel.

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Wrestling

Most In⯨uential person in your career/life Conor McGregor

Why this sport? I live for BMX

27/07/2016 Sam Willoughby | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Sam Willoughby

Athlete Biography

Having made history at the London 2012 Games by becoming Australia’s 翿�rst Olympic BMX

medallist when he won silver, Sam Willoughby will go in search of Olympic gold in Rio. Alongside

Rio teammates Caroline Buchanan and Lauren Reynolds he will become one of three Australian

BMX athletes to compete at two Olympic Games in 2016.

Having started competing when he was six in Adelaide, he burst onto the scene by claiming the

junior World Championship title in 2008 before deciding to pack his bags and headed to the US to

pursue his dream. After another junior world title in 2009, he went on to claim his 翿�rst senior World

Championship in 2012, just a couple months out from the London 2012 Games.

Willoughby headed into his debut Olympics as the world number one, progressed through the

heats as the third highest ranked rider and then topped his semi-翿�nal. He was the second to the

翿�rst corner in the 翿�nal and couldn’t quite chase down Maris Strombergs as the Latvian claimed his

second Olympic gold medal.

He again won the elite men’s World Championship in 2014 while also winning the time trial at the

same event, while he unfortunately crashed out of the 翿�nal in 2015.

Willoughby made the 翿�nals at both the Papendal and Santiago del Estero World Cup events and

went into the 2016 World Championships as the world number four. Unfortunately for Willoughby,

as well as two other former World Champions in Strombergs and Liam Phillips, he 翿�nished sixth in

his semi to miss the 翿�nal.


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Fast Facts



Age 24 Lives San Diego, United States

Olympic Information

2012 London - 2nd

Career Highlights

Winning the Elite BMX World Championships 翿�ve times

Winning Olympic Games silver at the London 2012 Games

Being a three-time USABMX National Number 1 Pro

Education

Primary Hallett Cove South Primary School (SA, Australia)

Secondary Brighton Secondary (SA, Australia)

Tertiary

Training

Coach Wade Bootes (2006-current)

Club Chula VIsta BMX, California, USA

Institute/Academy AIS

Primary Training Base San Diego,US

Secondary Training Base Adelaide, Australia

Q&A

Superstition/s TV Volume should be on an even number




Favourite food Pancakes

Favourite holiday destination I think Thailand would be i just have to go there to be sure

Favourite music Rise Against

Dream car Ford Raptor

Personal Motto I believe the harder you work the luckier you get

Star Sign Leo

I would spend my last $10 on A cup of coee

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Track Sprint

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Usain Bolt's 100m in Beijing was phenomenal

First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman Winning in Sydney

Most Inᶸuential person in your career/life My parents and my Fiancee Alise Post

Why this sport? Because I am an individual, i love bikes and i am super completive so it seemed like

a good 翿�t.

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