PALMER James

World Championships

Year	Location	Men	Time trial
2019	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	37	-
2018	Baku, AZE	27	-
2017	Rock Hill, SC, USA	16	-
2016	Medellin, COL	20	-
2015	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	36	-
2014	Rotterdam, NED	83	46

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Men
2019	Lima, PER	5

UCI BMX Supercross - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Men	-	1 x 23rd, 1 x 42nd
2020	Men	31st	1 x 21st, 1 x 30th, 1 x 36th
2019	Men	37th	1 x 15th, 1 x 21st, 1 x 31st
2018	Men	45th	1 x 23rd, 1 x 24th, 1 x 36th
2017	Men	23rd	1 x 8th, 1 x 26th, 1 x 28th

UCI BMX Supercross - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
8	2017	Men	Santiago del Estero, ARG
15	2019	Men	Santiago del Estero, ARG
21	2020	Men	Bathurst, NSW, AUS
21	2019	Men	Rock Hill, SC, USA
23	2021	Men	Verona, ITA
23	2018	Men	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
24	2018	Men	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
26	2017	Men	Papendal, NED
28	2017	Men	Heusden-Zolder, BEL
30	2020	Men	Shepparton, VIC, AUS
30	2017	Men	Papendal, NED

Legend
IP - In Progress, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Coffee, golf. (Instagram profile, 14 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Capilano University, Vancouver, BC, CAN

English

He took up the sport at age six. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

"I got into BMX racing because I originally wanted to race motocross, but my mum thought BMX was a safer alternative. Some friends of ours knew about the local track and brought us out one day and I have been hooked ever since." (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021; canadiancyclist.com, 08 Jun 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 14 Jul 2021)

Canadian BMX racer Tory Nyhaug. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

He likes to wear red on race days, similar to US golfer Tiger Woods. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

"He who says he can, and he who says he can't are both usually right." (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)