Irek Rizaev

Irek Rizaev, born on 1 October 1997 in Kazan, is a Russian BMX rider and a regular participant in Russian and international BMX freestyle competitions, as well as a member of the Russian national BMX freestyle team. He is the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Russian champion in BMX freestyle, and he was the first Russian athlete to take part in the 2017 BMX Nitro World Games organized by Nitro Circus. He began to take part in Russian races in 2011 and entered his first official Russian BMX Championship in Krasnoyarsk. His results include third place at the 2017 UCI BMX Park World Cup in Budapest, second at the 2019 FISE UCI BMX Park World Cup in Montpellier and second at the 2021 BMX Freestyle Park European Championships in Moscow.