Beth Shriever

Bethany Kate Shriever^[1] (born 19 April 1999) is a British cyclist, competing as a BMX racer. A World Junior champion in 2017 and winner of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup final event in Zolder in 2018.^[2] In 2021, Shriever won both the Olympic and World titles, equalling the feat of Colombian Mariana Pajón, who won Olympic silver.

Beth Shriever
MBE

Shriever in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Bethany Kate Shriever
Born	(1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 (age 26) Leytonstone, England
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Women's BMX racing Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 2 0 0 World Junior Championships 1 1 0 World Cup 0 1 1 World Cup rounds 6 3 2 European Championships 2 1 0 Total 12 6 3 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo BMX racing World Championships 2021 Arnhem BMX racing 2023 Glasgow BMX racing World Cup 2023 BMX racing 2022 BMX racing World Junior Championships 2017 Rock Hill BMX racing 2016 Medellín BMX time trial European Championships 2022 Dessel BMX racing 2025 Valmiera BMX racing 2016 Verona BMX time trial

In 2022, Shriever completed the full set of gold medals by winning the 2022 UEC BMX Racing European Championships; in doing so, she became the first BMX racing cyclist in history to hold all three titles simultaneously.

Early life

Shriever was born in 1999 and she began BMX when she was aged eight years old.^[3] Thereafter she started training at her local club in Braintree and went on to start competing at weekends.^[4]

Career

Shriever won the silver medal at the 2016 BMX European Cycling Championships^[5] In 2017 she became the Junior World Champion. In 2018 she finished 17th in her maiden appearance as a senior at the World Championships in Baku^[6] as well as winning the UCI BMX World Cup final in Belgium edging Judy Baauw and Laura Smulders into second and third.^[7] In March 2020 Shriever dominated the National BMX Series in Manchester without dropping a lap.^[8]

Shriever was chosen to be part of Great Britain's 26 strong cycling squad at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she won the Women's BMX racing gold medal. Whilst being interviewed on TV after her win she couldn't refrain from swearing in her shock.^[9][10]

She subsequently won gold at the 2021 UCI BMX World Championships and the 2022 European BMX Championships, and at the 2023 UCI BMX World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.^[11][12]

Having recovered from a broken collarbone in May 2024, she was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics to defend her title. Shriever won all six of her races in reaching the final, but after being boxed in by the field finished in last place in the final.^[13][14]

She won the gold medal at the 2025 European BMX Championships in Valmiera, Latvia.^[12]

Personal life

Shriever worked part-time as a teaching assistant in a nursery at the Stephen Perse Foundation^[15] to cover some of her costs of training and travelling because UK Sport stipulated in its funding review after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games that only male riders would be supported heading towards Tokyo 2020.^{[citation needed]}

Shriever was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to BMX racing.^[16][17]

Major results

2016

2nd European BMX Championships

2017

1st UCI BMX World Championships, Junior

2018

1st Stage 5, BMX Supercross World Cup, Zolder

2021

1st BMX racing, Olympic Games

1st UCI BMX World Championships, Elite

2022

1st European BMX Championships

2023

1st UCI BMX World Championships, Elite