Justin Dowell (born January 5, 2000) is an American

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cyclist who has represented his nation at numerous global events including the Olympic Games, and won medals at multiple World Championships.

Career

From

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, Dowell is known for a trick move called ''The Twix'' which is a mix of a tail whip and a bar at the same time. He won the freestyle park event at the 2018

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. In 2019, he obtained a bronze medal at the

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. He won silver in

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at the

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. Dowell qualified to represent United States at the

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, one of the 9 competitors, representing 8 nations, to qualify. Dowell finished in 8th in the Olympic final after he put down a foot on his landing of a 540 over a box jump in the first run and crashed while landing a trick during the second run. In June 2024, Dowell

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again for the Olympics after finishing forth in Olympic Qualifier Series. He placed forth in the qualification round with 89.07 average score. In the final he had a flawless first run that included his signature 360 Twix and earned 88.35 enough for fifth provisional place. Dowell started his second run with a no-handed 540 but sat up after realizing he couldn’t better his first run and he finished 7th overall. In December 2024, he won bronze at the 2024

. He won the gold medal in the BMX Park event at the 2025 summer X Games

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ahead of compatriot Marcus Christopher and Rim Nakamura of Japan.

Competitive history

All results are sourced from the

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. ''As of August 7th, 2024''

Olympic Games

UCI Cycling World Championships

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

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* * * * 2000 births Living people American male cyclists American BMX riders Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in cycling Sportspeople from Virginia Beach, Virginia Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the United States UCI BMX World Champions (elite men) 21st-century American sportsmen X Games competitors Cyclists from Virginia {{US-cycling-bio-stub