Nick Bruce (born May 16, 1992) is an American Freestyle BMX cyclist.
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| Born | May 16, 1992 | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Freestyle BMX | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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From Youngstown, Ohio, Bruce is best known for landing the first flair tailwhip to tailwhip back (flair windshield wiper) and for landing the first 360 double tailwhip to downside tailwhip. A graduate of Hubbard High School in 2011, Bruce was studying business at Youngstown State University, but paused his studies to pursue a BMX career.[1][2] In July 2021, Bruce qualified to compete in the BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[3] one of the 9 competitors, representing 8 nations, to qualify;[4] Bruce finished in 9th in the Olympic final.
References
edit- ^ "Nick Bruce's official X Games athlete biography". X Games.
- ^ "Nick Bruce | BMX Freestyle Athlete". USA Cycling.
- ^ "Local Olympic Athlete Spotlight: Northeast Ohio's Nick Bruce to compete in new BMX Freestyle event at Tokyo Olympics". www.wkyc.com.
- ^ "Ciclismo BMX freestyle DOWELL Justin - Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/ (in European Spanish). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
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