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Marin Ranteš

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Marin Ranteš
Personal information
Born (1995-08-09) 9 August 1995 (age 29)
Varaždin, Croatia
Team information
DisciplineFreestyle BMX
RoleRider
Medal record
Men's BMX
Representing  Croatia
Urban World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Montpellier Freestyle Park
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Cadenazzo Freestyle Park
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Freestyle Park

Marin Ranteš (born August 9, 1995) is a Croatian BMX cyclist in the freestyle discipline. He is a bronze medalist of 2021 Urban Cycling World Championships.

Career

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Ranteš took part several sports as a youngster and eventually focused on BMX riding. His parents drove him to Zagreb on weekends, where the country's only indoor skate park was located, to help him train better.[1]

In 2017, Ranteš took part in the inaugural Urban Cycling World Championships, finishing 16th. The following year, he achieved two podium finishes in the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup and won the overall ranking.[2] He attributed this success to training with Daniel Dhers. The following year he became European silver medalist.

After the forced break from competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he won bronze medals at the 2021 Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier and the 2022 European Championships in Munich. He also advanced to the finals of the World Championships in 2022 and 2023. In his home country, he won all national championships from 2019 to 2023.

2024 Olympics

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In 2024, Ranteš participated in two stages of the Olympic Classification Series, between May 16th and 19th, in Shanghai, and between June 20th and 23rd in Budapest. In the first stage he finished in 5th place. In the second stage, in Budapest, he came in 6th place, and combining the two results, he got a place for the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, becoming the first Croatian cyclist to qualify in BMX freestyle.

In the qualification round Ranteš placed ninth provisionally after the first run. He then crashed in the second run and failed to advance to the final finishing 11th.

Competitive history

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All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 9th, 2024

Olympic Games

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Event Freestyle Park
France 2024 Paris 11th

UCI Cycling World Championships

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Event Freestyle Park
China 2017 Chengdu 16th
China 2018 Chengdu 44th
China 2019 Chengdu 32nd
France 2021 Montpellier Bronze
United Arab Emirates 2022 Abu Dhabi 8th
United Kingdom 2023 Glasgow 5th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

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Season 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2022 MON
14
BRU
GOL
16
21 540
2023 DIR
13
MON
BRU
16
BAZ
4
11 1350
2024 ENO
5
MON
SHA
 
12 720

References

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  1. ^ "Marin Ranteš". Red Bull. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ Martín, Marta (7 November 2022). "Daniel Dhers, alias 'The Boss' : une inspiration pour le BMX freestyle" (in French). Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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