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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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

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