Charlotte Worthington

British BMX rider (born 1996)

Charlotte Worthington
MBE

Worthington in 2021

Personal information

Born

(1996-06-26) 26 June 1996 (age 28)
Manchester, England

Sport

Country

Great Britain

Sport

Freestyle BMX, Dirt jumping

Medal record

Women's BMX

Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	BMX freestyle
World Championships
	2019 Chengdu	Freestyle Park
	2021 Montpelier	Freestyle Park
European Championships
	2019 Caddenazzo	Freestyle Park

Charlotte Worthington MBE (born 26 June 1996) is a British cyclist and Olympic gold medallist, who competes internationally in Freestyle BMX.

Biography

Worthington was born in 1996, and she took up BMX seriously at the age of 20. She worked full-time as a chef at a Mexican restaurant near Chorlton for three years, before Freestyle BMX was added to the Olympics in 2017.

Worthington was accepted on to the Great Britain Cycling Team programme in Freestyle Park, and 2019 saw her win the inaugural British and European titles,^[1] before she became the first ever British woman to win a world medal in the discipline, taking bronze at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu behind Hannah Roberts of the US and the Chilean rider Macarena Perez Grasset.^[2]^[3]

Worthington was chosen to be part of the UK's 26 strong cycling squad for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she won gold at the Cycling BMX Freestyle park final. On her second run she became the first woman in history to land a 360-degree backflip in competition.^[4]^[5]

Worthington was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to BMX racing.^[6]^[7]

In June 2021 she won bronze in Women's BMX Park at the 2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier, again behind Hannah Roberts with Nikita Ducarroz in silver.^[8]

She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics on 31 July 2024, without qualifying for the final and finishing 11th.^[9] She admitted making mistakes during her two qualification runs.^[10]

Worthington lives and trains full-time in Corby, Northamptonshire, which is home to 'Adrenaline Alley’ skate park. She also trains at the Asylum skate park near Nottingham.^[11]

Competitive history

All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 5th, 2024

Olympic Games

Event	Freestyle Park
2020 Tokyo	Gold
2024 Paris	11th

UCI Cycling World Championships

Event	Freestyle Park
2018 Chengdu	DNS
2019 Chengdu	Bronze
2021 Montpellier	Bronze
2022 Abu Dhabi	5th
2023 Glasgow	7th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

Season	1	2	3	4	Rank	Points
2022	MON 7	BRU 3	GOL 12		3	1830
2023	DIR 6	MON —	BRU —	BAZ 9	20	670
2024	ENO 4	MON —	SHA		10	770

References

^ "An addictive buzz and 'unimaginable' tricks - BMX freestyler says sport can light up Olympics". BBC Sport. 5 November 2019.
^ "Charlotte Worthington - Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile". British Cycling.
^ "Charlotte Worthington wins bronze at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships". British Cycling.
^ "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "GB's Worthington wins thrilling BMX gold". BBC Sport. 1 August 2021.
^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
^ "Coming up Live - 2021 UCI URBAN Cycling World Championships in Montpellier (FR) !".
^ Bruton, Michelle (31 July 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympics: American Perris Benegas Takes Silver In Women's BMX Freestyle". Forbes. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ Whittle, Jeremy (30 July 2024). "Champion Charlotte Worthington knocked out in BMX freestyle qualifying". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ "One to Watch in 2021: BMX freestyle rider Charlotte Worthington on her Olympic dreams". www.telegraph.co.uk.