Samantha Cools

Age: 22 (Airdrie, Alta) EVENTS BMX PRIOR OLYMPICS None Cools has been training in Switzerland since November, at a sports center with an exact replica of the Beijing BMX track. She is ranked fourth in the world in BMX, she is a five-time world junior champion and 13-time Canadian champion. Cools won her first BMX race at age three on bike built by her father.

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Age: 22 (Airdrie, Alta)

EVENTS

BMX

PRIOR OLYMPICS

None

Cools has been training in Switzerland since November, at a sports center with an exact replica of the Beijing BMX track. She is ranked fourth in the world in BMX, she is a five-time world junior champion and 13-time Canadian champion. Cools won her first BMX race at age three on bike built by her father.  |  Photo: Rob Jones

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<div id=Age: 22 (Airdrie, Alta)

EVENTS

BMX

PRIOR OLYMPICS

None

Cools has been training in Switzerland since November, at a sports center with an exact replica of the Beijing BMX track. She is ranked fourth in the world in BMX, she is a five-time world junior champion and 13-time Canadian champion. Cools won her first BMX race at age three on bike built by her father.  |  Photo: Rob Jones

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