MARTIN Logan

Australia

Cycling BMX Freestyle

Date of Birth: 22 Nov 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: BRISBANE, QLD

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : GOLD COAST, QLD

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling BMX Freestyle	Men's Park	1

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Sports Park BMX Freestyle	Men's Park Seeding	Finished
	Ariake Sports Park BMX Freestyle	Men's Park Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Urban Cycling World Championships

Year	Location	Park
2021	Montpellier, FRA	1
2019	Chengdu, CHN	2
2017	Chengdu, CHN	1

X Games

Year	Location	Park
2019	Minneapolis, MN, USA	1
2018	Minneapolis, MN, USA	1
2017	Minneapolis, MN, USA	2
2016	Austin, TX, USA	2

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	Park
2019	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	1

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2019	Park	2nd	2 x 3rd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2018	Park	6th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2017	Park	2nd	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 22nd

UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	Park	Edmonton, AB, CAN
1	2017	Park	Montpellier, FRA
2	2018	Park	Montpellier, FRA
2	2017	Park	Chengdu, CHN
2	2017	Park	Edmonton, AB, CAN
3	2019	Park	Montpellier, FRA
3	2019	Park	Hiroshima, JPN
4	2019	Park	Chengdu, CHN
22	2017	Park	Budapest, HUN

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Wife Kimberley, son Noah [2019]

Languages spoken:

English

Injuries:

In March 2018 he underwent surgery on a collarbone that he broke in four places, causing him to miss the opening round of the freestyle park World Cup. In May the same year he injured his ankle two weeks before the urban cycling world championships, causing him to miss the event. (abc.net.au, 16 May 2019; bmxaustralia.com.au, 19 Sep 2018)

Start:

He began riding at age 13. (hyperbicycles.com, 01 Jan 2019)

Reason:

"I moved close to a skatepark when I was about 13 and started going there after school and just loved every bit of it. I played rugby league for about eight years of my childhood and I remember just giving it 100% every time I went to training or played an actual game. That mindset transferred to BMX as I wanted to be good at this sport too. I always gave 100% whether I was practising or in competition." (rockstarenergy.com, 01 Jan 2019; kzone.com.au, 13 Aug 2019)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (AUS Olympic Team YouTube channel, 09 Oct 2018)

Training:

"I will usually ride my bike around six days a week, and an average of three hours each time I ride. I also go to a functional, high intensity training gym four to five times a week." (kzone.com.au, 13 Aug 2019)

Memorable:

Winning gold at the 2018 X Games in Minneapolis, MN, United States of America and at the 2017 Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, People's Republic of China. (hyperbicycles.com, 01 Jan 2019)

Award:

He was named Male BMX Rider of the Year at both the 2017 and 2018 Cycling Australia Awards. (pickstar.com.au, 26 Nov 2019; bmxaustralia.com.au, 18 Nov 2017)

General Interest

General
PERSONAL PARK
In 2019 he finished building his own AUD$70,000 personal ramp park in the backyard of his home in the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. "I've had to build this because there's not so much for me to practice on around the Gold Coast and around Brisbane. I've wanted to build a park in my backyard for so long, after years of not having a proper place to practise big tricks and keep improving. Finally, I have a place to progress and learn new tricks again because I built big ramps to replicate international competition sizes." (kzone.com.au, 13 Aug 2019; abc.net.au, 16 May 2019)

FOAM PIT FREE
He is comfortable learning new tricks on a resi [rubber] mat before practising them on a hard ramp, and prefers not to train new tricks into foam pits. "I literally never ride foam pits. I have enough air awareness and control on my bike to be comfortable enough to do most things on a resi [rubber mat]. When I learn new tricks on the resi, I practise them enough on there that when I need to do it on something real, it feels comfortable anyway. I do all of my tricks every day on real ramps anyway." (vitalbmx.com, 19 Jan 2017)

Milestones

In 2017 he became the first ever men's BMX freestyle world champion, when he won gold at the inaugural urban cycling world championships in Chengdu, People's Republic of China. (hyperbicycles.com, 01 Jan 2019; uci.org, 12 Nov 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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