Malene Kejlstrup Sørenson (born 6 June 2002) is a Danish BMX rider. She was a European Championship silver medalist in 2023, and was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | 6 June 2002 Randers[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | BMX racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editHer father was a BMX rider and she started in 2012 after he took her and her brother along to a track. She studied for her Higher Preparatory Examination (HF) with a mixture of remote learning and classroom learning so she could compete internationally.[2]
Career
edit2022
editShe became European U23 champion in Dessel in July 2022 at the 2022 European BMX Championships. The following week, she became U23 world champion at the 2022 UCI BMX World Championships in Nantes.[3] In September 2022, she broke both elbows after a crash during training, and was out of action for a few months due to the subsequent operation.[4] In December 2022, she was given Denmarks oldest sport award.[5]
2023
editShe made the step-up to elite racing in 2023.[6] She was a silver medalist in the elite women's race at the 2023 European BMX Championships in Besançon, France.[7] She competed at the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, but crashed out at the quarter final stage.[8]
2024
editShe was selected to represent Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Malene Kejlstrup". Eurosport. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Handrup, Linda Michelle (10 March 2020). "Malene klarer både BMX og HF". amtsavisen.dk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Bak Lyck, Laurits (1 August 2022). "Gold triumph: 20-year-old beats all competitors and wins the WC". tv2ostjylland.dk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Randrusiansk OL-håb ramt af grimt uheld: - Jeg undgik operation i venstre, men højre var fuldstændig knust". amtavisen.dk. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Niellsen, Allan (29 December 2022). ""I've just come back from two broken elbows"". politiken.dk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "UCI BMX Racing World Cup: a star-studded line-up". uci.org. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "BMX EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS TO ZOE CLAESSENS AND NIEK KIMMANN". uec. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Nielsen, Jacob Moller (14 August 2023). "21-year-old Malene thought 'it was some shit' when she crashed out of the WC". dk.dk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics - The Riders". 15.ie. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.