SMULDERS Laura

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Women
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7
2012	London, GBR	3

World Championships

Year	Location	Women	Time trial
2019	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	2	-
2018	Baku, AZE	1	-
2017	Rock Hill, SC, USA	6	-
2016	Medellin, COL	25	2
2015	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	5	4
2014	Rotterdam, NED	3	1
2013	Auckland, NZL	10	5
2012	Birmingham, GBR	13	12

European Championships

Year	Location	Women
2019	Valmiera, LAT	1
2018	Glasgow, GBR	1
2017	Bordeaux, FRA	1

UCI BMX Supercross - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Women	-	1 x 1st, 1 x 8th
2020	Women	6th	1 x 4th, 1 x 14th
2019	Women	1st	6 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2018	Women	1st	5 x 1st, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2017	Women	1st	3 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 6th

UCI BMX Supercross - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2021	Women	Verona, ITA
1	2019	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
1	2019	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
1	2019	Women	Rock Hill, SC, USA
1	2019	Women	Rock Hill, SC, USA
1	2019	Women	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
1	2019	Women	Papendal, NED
1	2018	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
1	2018	Women	Heusden-Zolder, BEL
1	2018	Women	Papendal, NED
1	2018	Women	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
1	2018	Women	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA
1	2017	Women	Heusden-Zolder, BEL
1	2017	Women	Papendal, NED
1	2017	Women	Papendal, NED

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

Athlete

Dutch, English

Her younger sister Merel has also represented the Netherlands in BMX racing. She won silver at the 2018 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, and finished fourth at the 2019 European Championships in Valmiera, Latvia. Her father Frank Smulders has been manager of the Oegema TVE BMX team in the Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Aug 2019; uci.org, 01 Jan 2021)

She took up the sport in 2000 at age six. (laurasmulders.com, 15 Oct 2018)

She was inspired to take up the sport after watching her brother at a BMX competition. She bought an old bike from a friend and began attending a local club in Wijchen, Netherlands. (laurasmulders.nl, 04 Jun 2012 )

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (laurasmulders.com, 15 Oct 2018)

Winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (laurasmulders.com, 15 Oct 2018)

She was named the most promising talent at the Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation [NOC*NSF] sports gala in 2012. (laurasmulders.nl, 26 Jun 2016)