Merel Smulders

Merel Smulders (born 23 January 1998 in Horssen) is a Dutch BMX racing rider and the younger sister of Laura Smulders, who won bronze at the 2012 Olympics. She became junior World Time Trial Champion at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships, then won the silver medal at the 2018 UCI BMX World Championships, finishing behind her sister. At the Tokyo Games, held in 2021 as the 2020 Summer Games, she won the bronze medal in the BMX race, and she was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics. In 2025 she won silver at the European BMX Championships in Valmiera, Latvia, behind Beth Shriever and ahead of her sister Laura, who took bronze.