Jamie Bestwick
Jamie Bestwick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 July 1971 Nottingham, England |
| Other names | Burger and Burkey |
| Spouse |
Kerry Bestwick (m. 1999) |
| Children | 1 |
| Cycling career | |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
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Jamie Bestwick (born 8 July 1971) is a British BMX rider. He won 13 gold medals in the BMX Vert event at the X Games, and one gold medal for Vert Best Trick.
He started riding BMX with his friends at 10 years old. Jamie only competed in BMX events for fun. Riding his bike was just a way to hang out with his friends. After he finished school, his first priority was working as an engineer for Rolls-Royce in England and he thought that was going to be his career. However, he decided to quit his job and become a professional BMX rider.
Jamie competed in his first X Games in 1996. He ended Dave Mirra's BMX three-year Vert reign in 2000, taking home the gold. He gradually became unbeatable. He won every single competition he entered in 2005. He won silver at X Games 2015, losing after winning 9 years in a row[1][2][3]
Bestwick has also won a Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year and been nominated for a Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award. In 2014, Bestwick spoke at Yale University alongside Ken Hill, Scott Russell, and Nick Ienatsch about motorcycle racing and success. In 2006 he performed in Cirque Rocks a charity circus held in New Zealand.[4][5]
He acted as coach to Charlotte Worthington when she won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Declan Brooks when he won Bronze Medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
X Games competition history
[edit | edit source]| YEAR | X GAMES | EVENTS | RANK | MEDAL |
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| 1996 | Summer X Games II | BMX Vert | 3rd | File:Bronze medal blank.svg |
| 1997 | Summer X Games III | BMX Vert | 4th | |
| 1998 | Summer X Games IV | BMX Vert | 5th | |
| 1999 | Summer X Games V | BMX Vert | 6th | |
| 2000 | Summer X Games VI | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2003 | Summer X Games IX | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2004 | Summer X Games X | BMX Vert | 6th | |
| 2005 | Summer X Games XI | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2005 | Summer X Games XI | BMX Vert Best Trick | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2006 | Summer X Games XII | BMX Vert | 2nd | File:Silver medal blank.svg |
| 2006 | Summer X Games XII | BMX Vert Best Trick | 7th | |
| 2007 | Summer X Games XIII | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2008 | Summer X Games XIV | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2009 | Summer X Games XV | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2010 | Summer X Games XVI | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2011 | Summer X Games XVII | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2012 | Summer X Games XVIII | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2013 | X Games Foz do Iguaçu 2013 | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2013 | X Games Barcelona 2013 | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2014 | X Games Austin 2014 | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2015 | X Games Austin 2015 | BMX Vert | 2nd | File:Silver medal blank.svg |
| 2016 | X Games Austin 2016 | BMX Vert | 1st | File:Gold medal blank.svg |
| 2017 | X Games Minneapolis 2017 | BMX Vert | 2nd | File:Silver medal blank.svg |
| 2018 | X Games Minneapolis 2018 | BMX Vert | 2nd | File:Silver medal blank.svg |
| 2019 | X Games Minneapolis 2019 | BMX Vert | 2nd | File:Silver medal blank.svg |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jamie Bestwick at the X Games (archived)
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