Connor Fields is an American professional BMX racer, born on 14 September 1992 and a graduate of Green Valley High School in Nevada. He represented the United States in the men's BMX event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh overall, and returned at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he won the gold medal and became the first American to win an Olympic BMX gold. At the 2020 Summer Olympics he suffered a serious crash off a jump heading into the first turn of his third semifinal run and did not complete the trial. He announced his retirement from the sport on 11 August 2022 and has since coached BMX riders, worked as a motivational speaker and hosted the Nevada outdoors television show Outdoor Nevada.
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is an American professional BMX racer
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He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event
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