Logan Martin

Fast Facts

Sport: Cycling
Event: BMX Freestyle
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020 (gold)
Year Born: 1993
State Born: QLD

About Logan

At just 12-years-old Logan Martin first tried Freestyle BMX, after following his brother to the local skate park. 

Quickly excelling in the sport, Logan travelled overseas for the first time in 2012 and won his first international competition. His continued success throughout 2013, both domestically and internationally, helped launch Logan’s BMX career.  

He went on to win the International Festival of Extreme Sports in 2015 and 2016, and in 2016 he debuted at his first X-Games in Austin where he won silver. This result made him the first rookie to win a BMX park medal in eight years.  

In 2017, Logan won the inaugural BMX Freestyle world title at the UCI Urban World Championships in China and in 2019 he won dual X-Games gold, the 2019 Urban Games gold, and World Championship silver. 

Outside the skate park, Logan and his wife Kimberley also welcomed their first child Noah Alexander in 2019.  

With the 2020 season cancelled due to the COVID pandemic, Logan returned to Australia to continue preparing for the Tokyo Olympics at the newly-constructed BMX Freestyle Indoor Training Facility on the Gold Coast. 

An impressive return to competition saw the 27-year-old win the 2020 and 2021 National Championships. He then went on to win the 2021 UCI World Championships held in France, with an impressive score of 94.90. 

Logan made history at Tokyo 2020 by winning the first ever men’s Olympic gold medal in freestyle BMX.

The 27-year-old Queenslander dominated the park final without needing to produce his full repertoire of tricks. He clinched the gold medal with just his first 60-second run when he was awarded a score of 93.3 which none of his competitors were able to match in either of their two runs.

For Martin it was vindication for years of hard work and dedication which included installing a purpose-built BMX track in his Gold Coast backyard so he could practice daily during Covid lockdowns.

Martin was already a two-time BMX park freestyle world champion going into the Tokyo Games and handled the favourite’s tag with ease by qualifying top in the seeding rounds and then starring in the gold medal final.