Jamie Bestwick

Jamie Bestwick (born 8 July 1971) is a British BMX rider. He won 13 gold medals in the BMX Vert event at the X Games, and one gold medal for Vert Best Trick.

Jamie Bestwick
Born	(1971-07-08) 8 July 1971 (age 53) Nottingham, England
Other names	Burger and Burkey
Spouse	Kerry Bestwick ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	1
Cycling career
Personal information
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)

Summer X Games medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
	2016 Austin	BMX Vert
	2014 Austin	BMX Vert
	2013 Barcelona	BMX Vert
	2013 Foz do Iguaçu	BMX Vert
	2012 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2011 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2010 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2009 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2008 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2007 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2005 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2005 Los Angeles	BMX Vert Best Trick
	2003 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	2000 San Francisco	BMX Vert
	2018 Minneapolis	BMX Vert
	2019 Minneapolis	BMX Vert
	2017 Minneapolis	BMX Vert
	2015 Austin	BMX Vert
	2006 Los Angeles	BMX Vert
	1996 Newport	BMX Vert
Gravity Games
	1999 Providence	BMX Vert
	2001 Providence	BMX Vert
	2000 Providence	BMX Vert

He started riding BMX with his friends at 10 years old. Jamie only competed in BMX events for fun. Riding his bike was just a way to hang out with his friends. After he finished school, his first priority was working as an engineer for Rolls-Royce in England and he thought that was going to be his career. However, he decided to quit his job and become a professional BMX rider.

Jamie competed in his first X Games in 1996. He ended Dave Mirra's BMX three-year Vert reign in 2000, taking home the gold. He gradually became unbeatable. He won every single competition he entered in 2005. He won silver at X Games 2015, losing after winning 9 years in a row^[1][2][3]

Bestwick has also won a Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year and been nominated for a Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award. In 2014, Bestwick spoke at Yale University alongside Ken Hill, Scott Russell, and Nick Ienatsch about motorcycle racing and success. In 2006 he performed in Cirque Rocks a charity circus held in New Zealand.^[4][5]

He acted as coach to Charlotte Worthington when she won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Declan Brooks when he won Bronze Medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

X Games competition history

GOLD (14) SILVER (5) BRONZE (1)

YEAR	X GAMES	EVENTS	RANK	MEDAL
1996	Summer X Games II	BMX Vert	3rd
1997	Summer X Games III	BMX Vert	4th
1998	Summer X Games IV	BMX Vert	5th
1999	Summer X Games V	BMX Vert	6th
2000	Summer X Games VI	BMX Vert	1st
2003	Summer X Games IX	BMX Vert	1st
2004	Summer X Games X	BMX Vert	6th
2005	Summer X Games XI	BMX Vert	1st
2005	Summer X Games XI	BMX Vert Best Trick	1st
2006	Summer X Games XII	BMX Vert	2nd
2006	Summer X Games XII	BMX Vert Best Trick	7th
2007	Summer X Games XIII	BMX Vert	1st
2008	Summer X Games XIV	BMX Vert	1st
2009	Summer X Games XV	BMX Vert	1st
2010	Summer X Games XVI	BMX Vert	1st
2011	Summer X Games XVII	BMX Vert	1st
2012	Summer X Games XVIII	BMX Vert	1st
2013	X Games Foz do Iguaçu 2013	BMX Vert	1st
2013	X Games Barcelona 2013	BMX Vert	1st
2014	X Games Austin 2014	BMX Vert	1st
2015	X Games Austin 2015	BMX Vert	2nd
2016	X Games Austin 2016	BMX Vert	1st
2017	X Games Minneapolis 2017	BMX Vert	2nd
2018	X Games Minneapolis 2018	BMX Vert	2nd
2019	X Games Minneapolis 2019	BMX Vert	2nd