CLAESSENS Zoe

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Team X
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	2

UCI BMX Supercross - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Women	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 7th
2020	Women	8th	1 x 5th, 1 x 12th
2019	Women	14th	1 x 5th, 2 x 11th, 1 x 12th
2018	Women	26th	1 x 9th, 1 x 13th, 1 x 17th

UCI BMX Supercross - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
2	2021	Women	Verona, ITA
5	2020	Women	Shepparton, VIC, AUS
5	2019	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
7	2021	Women	Verona, ITA
9	2018	Women	Heusden-Zolder, BEL
11	2019	Women	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
11	2019	Women	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
12	2020	Women	Shepparton, VIC, AUS
12	2019	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
13	2018	Women	Heusden-Zolder, BEL

World Championships (Juniors)

Year	Location	Women
2019	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	3
2018	Baku, AZE	2

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

Athlete, Student

English

Liam Phillips [personal], GBR

Her father founded the Echichens BMX Club in Switzerland, while her two brothers and two sisters have competed in BMX racing. (illustre.ch, 20 Nov 2019; zoeclaessens.com, 09 May 2021)

She took up the sport at age seven. (zoeclaessens.com, 09 May 2021)

Her father founded the Echichens BMX Club in Switzerland, while two of her brothers were BMX racers, so she followed them into the sport. "Seeing them ride in training and racing I immediately understood that this sport would be part of my life. I started with club training and after a few years I started small competitions. Now there are also my two sisters who have joined the adventure and this motivates me even more." (illustre.ch, 20 Nov 2019; Stiftung Schweizer Sporthilfe YouTube channel, 19 Mar 2019; zoeclaessens.com, 09 May 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (illustre.ch, 20 Nov 2019)

She trains for three hours a day, six days a week at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. (zoeclaessens.com, 09 May 2021)

In 2018 she received the Female Young Talent award from the Swiss Sports Aid Foundation. (swiss-cycling.ch, 12 May 2019)