Lara Marie Lessmann (born 10 February 2000) is a German Freestyle BMX rider based in Berlin.

Lara Marie Lessmann
Personal information
Full nameLara Marie Lessmann
Born (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 (age 24)
Flensburg, Germany
Team information
DisciplineFreestyle BMX

Originally from Flensburg in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein, she moved to the German capital because of the better training conditions in Berlin's Mellowpark.[1]

She finished second at the 2017 UCI Freestyle BMX World Championships and won the gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina in the mixed team event with Evan Brandes.[2] She also won rounds in Croatia and China at the UCI World Cup Series.[3]

Competitive history

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All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 6th, 2024

Olympic Games

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Event Freestyle Park
  2020 Tokyo 6th

UCI Cycling World Championships

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Event Freestyle Park
  2017 Chengdu Silver
  2018 Chengdu 4th
  2019 Chengdu 4th
  2021 Montpellier 12th
  2022 Abu Dhabi 11th
  2023 Glasgow 14th

UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup

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Season 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2022 MON
2
BRU
5
GOL
DNS
6 1620
2023 DIR
15
MON
9
BRU
BAZ
21
16 790
2024 ENO
15
MON
SHA
 
26 270

References

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  1. ^ "Olympiastützpunkt Berlin | BMX-Freestyle: Lara Lessmann blickt schon nach Tokio". 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Lara Lessmann". www.olympedia.org.
  3. ^ Thies, Henner (26 February 2021). "Ready to deliver: BMX star Lara Lessmann is set to take centre stage". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.