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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 March 2005 |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | BMX racing |
Leila Walker (born 29 March 2005) is a BMX racer from New Zealand. She became New Zealand national champion in 2024 and was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
She is from Cambridge, New Zealand. She started BMX, inspired by watching her cousins racing, when she was six years-old.[2] She attended Cambridge Middle School and was a prolific winner at age-group level.[3] She has won her sixth consecutive age-group world title in 2018 at the age of 13 years-old.[4]
Walker won on her debut in the junior elite competition at the UCI BMX Racing World Cup round in Bogotá. [5] She won her first elite women’s New Zealand national title in 2024.[6]
Competing at the UCI BMX World Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina, she finished seventh in the elite grand final, which earned a Paris Olympic Games qualification spot for New Zealand.[7] She was subsequently selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in July 2024.[8]
She is not related to compatriot rider Sarah Walker.[9]
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