Fullname: | Ernests Zēbolds |
Birth Date: | 1999 6, df=yes[1] |
Country: | ![]() |
Sport: | Freestyle BMX |
Ernests Zēbolds (born 3 June 1999) is a Latvian cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
He started mountain biking at ten years-old, and started BMX the following year.
In 2021, he had a fourth place finish in Moscow in the final of the European BMX Freestyle Championship.[2] In 2022, he finished in fifth place at the 2022 European BMX Championships in Munich.[3]
In 2023, he won the Latvian national championships. That year, he finished in fourth place in the 2023 European Games.[4] He reached the final of Freestyle Park competition at the UCI World Cycling Championships in Glasgow in August 2023.[5] [6]
In June 2024, he qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7] Competing at the Games on 30 July 2024, he qualified for the final.[8] Zēbolds finished sixth in the first final run. Although he improved in the second and scored personal best in his career, he finished in eighth place.[9]
All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 7th, 2024
Event | Freestyle Park | ||
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align=left | ![]() | 20th | |
align=left | ![]() | — | |
align=left | ![]() | 21st | |
align=left | 2022 Abu Dhabi | 32nd | |
align=left | ![]() | 13th |
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points | ||
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2022 | MON 21 | BRU — | GOL 19 | 26 | 230 | |||
2023 | DIR 15 | MON 25 | BRU 32 | BAZ 20 | 30 | 433 | ||
2024 | ENO 14 | MON — | SHA | 26 | 310 |