Laury Perez

Laury Perez
Personal information
Full nameLaury Perez
Born (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 21)
Beziers[1]
Sport
Country France
SportFreestyle BMX
Medal record
Women's freestyle BMX
Representing  France
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Freestyle Park
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Freestyle Park

Laury Perez (born 21 November 2003) is a French cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX. She won bronze medals at the 2022 European BMX Championships and 2023 European Games.

Career

She lives in Hérault and is a member of the Sérignan club.[2]

She won bronze medals at the European Championships in 2022.[3] She also won bronze at the 2023 European Games.[4]

In 2024, she won the French championship in BMX freestyle park for the fourth consecutive year.[5]

Perez was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris becoming the first French woman to qualify in BMX Freestyle at the Olympics.[6] She competed on 30 July 2024 in the preliminary round and qualified as one of the top nine riders for the final.[7] The next day Perez finished 9th in the final. She fell during the first run and slightly injured her right arm. In the second run Perez made a foot fault.[8]

Personal life

Perez joined the French military in October 2023 as an aviator.[5]

Competitive history

All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 5th, 2024

Olympic Games

Event Freestyle Park
France 2024 Paris 9th

UCI Cycling World Championships

Event Freestyle Park
China 2018 Chengdu 25th
China 2019 Chengdu 7th
France 2021 Montpellier DNS
United Arab Emirates 2022 Abu Dhabi 12th
United Kingdom 2023 Glasgow 18th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

Season 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2022 MON
10		 BRU
DNS		 GOL
6		 10 1140
2023 DIR
16		 MON
3		 BRU
12		 BAZ
7 		8 1440
2024 ENO
14		 MON
1		 SHA
 		 1 1310

References

  1. ^ "Laury Perez". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ^ "JO 2024 - BMX freestyle. Laury Perez se qualifie pour la finale". ouest-france. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ "2022 European Championships: Frenchwoman Laury Perez wins bronze medal in BMX freestyle". francetv.info. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Laury Perez wins bronze at the European Games". lequipe. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b Piffero, Lola (30 July 2024). "PARIS 2024 : QUI EST LAURY PEREZ, LA PÉPITE FRANÇAISE DU BMX FREESTYLE ?". lessportives. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ "JO-2024: Laury Perez, great chance of a medal in BMX Freestyle". France24. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ^ "BMX Freestyle: Anthony Jeanjean and Laury Pérez in the final". parismatch. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Yawen Deng championne olympique de BMX freestyle, Laury Perez 9e après une chute". lequipe (in French). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.