Bradley Stoke-based BMX star Eliza French will be travelling to Brisbane, Australia, next year as a member of the GB BMX team at the World Championships.
Eliza, 15, has been racing since 2020 as a member of the Bristol Jets BMX club based at Patchway. She progressed through the South West Regional series and in 2024 took part in the National Series in which she finished 13th. As a result, she qualified to represent GB at the World Championships in Copenhagen in late July/early August 2025. In 2024 she was signed by the BRE Racing Team, a national BMX team.
In 2025 she was first in the ‘Deep South’ Winter series; third in the South Regional Series; seventh in the National Cycling Series and was invited to join the British Cycling BMX SX Talent Development Pathway Regional School of Racing (RSR). As a result of her success on the track she qualified for the 2026 BMX World Championships in Brisbane, Australia next year.
She currently trains on track three times a week with qualified coaches, goes to a local gym several times a week before school and has race meetings around the country most weekends.
Eliza is a Year 10 student at Abbeywood Community School where she is studying for her GCSEs. Among other subjects, she
is taking a BTEC in Sport and hopes to make a career in a sports-related profession. She
is also a budding musician and a talented young drummer.
If any local firm or individual would consider sponsoring Eliza, contact Laurence French at laurencefrench92@yahoo.co.uk or telephone 07973 271827.