Jamie Staff

Jamie Staff is a former World BMX Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist in the Team Sprint at the Beijing Games. Jamie is also the Director of BMX for USA Cycling. As a speaker Jamie talks about what it takes to reach the very highest level of two sports, discussing the versatility and adaptability he had to call on throughout his career. Engaging and passionate about what he talks about Jamie is a great choice for an Olympic speaker to inspire an audience. He started his competitive career in BMX racing after taking up the sport aged nine.

In 1996 hewon the BMX World Championshipand had won just about everything else below that level as well including winning NBL Pro events. After his World Championship win, Jamie set his sights on an Olympic medal but as BMX was not an Olympic sport at the time, he transferred to track cycling. A natural competitor he showed his versatility and qualified for the GB cycling team at the first attempt. Not hanging about he won bronze and silver at the Commonwealth games before helping Team GB winGold in the Team Sprint at the World Championshipsin 2002. The following year hewon Kilometre and Team Sprint Gold in World Cup events.

His success continued as he wasWorld Champion in Keirinat the start of 2004 before he wasnamed in the squad for the 2004 Olympicsbut unfortunately did not medal at the games. He bounced back from the Olympics withTeam Sprint Gold at the 2005 World Championships. After a succession of silver and bronze medals at major championships Jamie was again selected for Olympics, this time in Beijing. He competed in the Team Sprint alongside Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny and the triobroke the world record on the way to winning an Olympic gold medal. His Olympic success saw himawardedan MBEand after one last World Championship silver medal, he retired from the sport in 2010.