Marin Ranteš (born August 9, 1995) is a Croatian BMX cyclist in the freestyle discipline. He is a bronze medalist of 2021 Urban Cycling World Championships.
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| Born | 9 August 1995 Varaždin, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Freestyle BMX | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editRanteš took part several sports as a youngster and eventually focused on BMX riding. His parents drove him to Zagreb on weekends, where the country's only indoor skate park was located, to help him train better.[1]
In 2017, Ranteš took part in the inaugural Urban Cycling World Championships, finishing 16th. The following year, he achieved two podium finishes in the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup and won the overall ranking.[2] He attributed this success to training with Daniel Dhers. The following year he became European silver medalist.
After the forced break from competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he won bronze medals at the 2021 Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier and the 2022 European Championships in Munich. He also advanced to the finals of the World Championships in 2022 and 2023. In his home country, he won all national championships from 2019 to 2023.
2024 Olympics
editIn 2024, Ranteš participated in two stages of the Olympic Classification Series, between May 16th and 19th, in Shanghai, and between June 20th and 23rd in Budapest. In the first stage he finished in 5th place. In the second stage, in Budapest, he came in 6th place, and combining the two results, he got a place for the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, becoming the first Croatian cyclist to qualify in BMX freestyle.
In the qualification round Ranteš placed ninth provisionally after the first run. He then crashed in the second run and failed to advance to the final finishing 11th.
Competitive history
editAll results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 9th, 2024
Olympic Games
edit| Event | Freestyle Park |
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 2024 Paris
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11th |
UCI Cycling World Championships
edit| Event | Freestyle Park |
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 2017 Chengdu
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16th |
| 2018 Chengdu
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44th |
| 2019 Chengdu
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32nd |
| 2021 Montpellier
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Bronze |
 2022 Abu Dhabi
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8th |
 2023 Glasgow
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5th |
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup
edit| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points |
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| 2022 | MON 14 |
BRU — |
GOL 16 |
21 | 540 | |
| 2023 | DIR 13 |
MON — |
BRU 16 |
BAZ 4 |
11 | 1350 |
| 2024 | ENO 5 |
MON — |
SHA |
12 | 720 |
References
edit- ^ "Marin Ranteš". Red Bull. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Martín, Marta (7 November 2022). "Daniel Dhers, alias 'The Boss' : une inspiration pour le BMX freestyle" (in French). Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
edit- Marin Ranteš at Olympics.com
- Marin Ranteš at Cycling Archives
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