Lara Marie Lessmann

Lara Marie Lessmann

Personal information
Full name	Lara Marie Lessmann
Born	(2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 (age 24) Flensburg, Germany
Team information
Discipline	Freestyle BMX

Lara Marie Lessmann (born 10 February 2000) is a German Freestyle BMX rider based in Berlin.

Originally from Flensburg in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein, she moved to the German capital because of the better training conditions in Berlin's Mellowpark.^[1]

She finished second at the 2017 UCI Freestyle BMX World Championships and won the gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina in the mixed team event with Evan Brandes.^[2] She also won rounds in Croatia and China at the UCI World Cup Series.^[3]

Competitive history

All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 6th, 2024

Olympic Games

Event	Freestyle Park
2020 Tokyo	6th

UCI Cycling World Championships

Event	Freestyle Park
2017 Chengdu	Silver
2018 Chengdu	4th
2019 Chengdu	4th
2021 Montpellier	12th
2022 Abu Dhabi	11th
2023 Glasgow	14th

UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup

Season	1	2	3	4	Rank	Points
2022	MON 2	BRU 5	GOL DNS		6	1620
2023	DIR 15	MON 9	BRU —	BAZ 21	16	790
2024	ENO 15	MON —	SHA		26	270

References

1. "Olympiastützpunkt Berlin | BMX-Freestyle: Lara Lessmann blickt schon nach Tokio". 22 May 2018.
2. "Olympedia – Lara Lessmann". www.olympedia.org.
3. Thies, Henner (26 February 2021). "Ready to deliver: BMX star Lara Lessmann is set to take centre stage". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.