Kim Lea Müller
 Müller in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kim Lea Müller | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 2002 Remscheid, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle BMX | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Kim Lea Müller (born 30 January 2002) is a German cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX. She won a silver medal at the 2022 European BMX Championships and 2023 European Games.
Career
[edit]She won a silver medal at the 2022 European Championships in Munich in August 2022.[2] She competed at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi and finished 4th.[3] This performance later allowed her to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
She won the silver medal at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.[4]
She won a bronze medal at a bronze medal at X Games Ventura 2024.[5]
Müller competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and finished 12th among 12 competitors.[6] After the competition she insisted that she had managed her basic tricks, but hadn't done any crazy tricks. She had to put her foot down in the first run, which cost her a few negative points.[7]
Competitive history
[edit]All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 5th, 2024
Olympic Games
[edit]| Event | Freestyle Park |
|---|---|
 2024 Paris
|
12th |
UCI Cycling World Championships
[edit]| Event | Freestyle Park |
|---|---|
| 2021 Montpellier
|
17th |
 2022 Abu Dhabi
|
4th |
 2023 Glasgow
|
10th |
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup
[edit]| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MON 21 |
BRU 12 |
GOL 5 |
9 | 1200 | |
| 2023 | DIR 12 |
MON 10 |
BRU — |
BAZ 14 |
12 | 860 |
| 2024 | ENO 17 |
MON — |
SHA |
30 | 200 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kim Lea Müller". Olympics. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (12 August 2022). "German women track cyclists earn first golds for hosts at Munich 2022 European Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Park - Abu Dhabi - 13 Nov 2022". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "European Games 2023: Britain's Kieran Reilly and Czechia's Iveta Miculycova crowned BMX park European champions in Poland". Olympics.com. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Monster Energy Announces Competing Athletes for Olympic Games Paris 2024". prnewswire. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (30 July 2024). "BMX Freestyle qualifying round leaves 2020 Olympic medallists Worthington and Ducarroz out of Paris finals". Cycling News. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "BMX-Freestyle: Kim Lea Müller verpasst Park-Finale". WDR (in German). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.