Vineta Pētersone
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 May 1999 (age 26) Cēsis, Latvia |
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | BMX (bicycle motocross) |
Vineta Pētersone (born 21 May 1999) is a Latvian BMX cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 UCI Pump Track World Championships.
Early and personal life
She is from Cēsis in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.[1][2] She competed in cross-country skiing at a national level as well as at the junior international level. Her older brother Arnis Petersons has competed in cross-country mountain biking at the World Championships, and also represented Latvia in biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.[3]
Career
She is coached by Ģirts Kātiņš and is a member of Silvas Ziķeru in Silva, Latvia.[4] In July 2017, she finished as runner-up at the European junior women’s BMX championships in Bordeaux, France.[5]
Pētersone reached the quarter-finals of the first stage of the World Cup Supercross in Australia in February 2020.[6] In May 2021, she reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Bogota, Colombia, and finished eleventh overall. In mid-July she finished seventh at the 2021 European U-23 Championship.[7] She was selected in the Latvian team for the women’s BMX race at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in 2021, but did not progress past the heats.[8] In the lead up to the 2021 UCI Pump Track World Championships she won competitions in the discipline in Portugal, Sweden and Germany.[9]
Pētersone reached the semi-finals of the BMX World Championships in Nantes in July 2022.[10] In February 2023, she suffered a broken collar bone whilst competing in the United States.[11]
In November 2024, she was selected to represent Latvia at the UCI Pump Track World Championships in the South African city of KwaMashu, winning the bronze medal at the event.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Catch up and head to Tokyo. A conversation with BMX athlete Vineta Pētersones". Diena.lv. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "BMX riteņbraucēja Vineta Pētersone: "Šeit var – tikai jāgrib un jādara"". ir.lv. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Kalnu riteņbraucējs Pētersons šokēts par savas māsas Vinetas neiekļaušanu LOV B sastāvā" [Mountain biker Petersons is shocked by the non-inclusion of his sister Vineta in LOV B]. Sportazinas.com (in Latvian). 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Pētersone finishes third in the US Championship stage of BMX". Sportazinas. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "RIDGE-DAVIS CROWNED JUNIOR WOMEN'S EUROPEAN BMX CHAMPION". British Cycling. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Pētersone best among Latvian BMX riders in the first World Cup stage". la.lv. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Pētersone: There's nowhere to really take shelter from the sun on the track, so it's quite difficult". Sportazinas.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "At the BMX World Championships in the Netherlands, Kriegers and Pētersone fail to overcome the round of 16 barrier". Janus.lv. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Everything you need to know about the Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships". redbull.com. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Pētersone reaches the semifinals of the World BMX Championship". ziemellatvija.lv. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Talented BMX cyclist Vineta Pētersone has suffered an unpleasant injury". Jauns.lv. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "PĒTERSONE AND VEKŠA WILL COMPETE IN THE UCI PUMP TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON SATURDAY". Sportacentrs.com. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Pētersone izcīna bronzu BMX pasaules čempionātā pa reljefainu trasi". Sports.tv3.lv. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.