Declan Brooks

{{short description|British bicycle motocross rider}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's freestyle BMX}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | BMX freestyle}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|Freestyle Park}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Cadenazzo|Freestyle Park}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Krzeszowice|Freestyle Park}}

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Declan Brooks {{post-nominals|list=OLY}} (born 10 July 1996) is a British Olympic bronze medalist winning cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX.

Brooks was born in Portsmouth and attended Cams Hill School and would practice at the Southsea skate park. He won a bronze medal at the European BMX Championships in Valmiera, and a silver in the freestyle World Cup in 2019, and achieved a tenth-place finish at the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, in Chengdu.{{Cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Declan_Brooks |title=Declan Brooks - Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile |website=Britishcycling.org.uk}}{{Cite web |url=https://sportsgazette.co.uk/can-expect-see-crazy-tricks-crazy-air-time-loads-spins-almost-like-gymnastics-bike-declan-brooks-freestyle-bmxs-olympic-debut/ |website=Sportsgazette.co.uk |title="Crazy tricks, crazy air time, loads of spins, almost like gymnastics with a bike." Declan Brooks on freestyle BMX's Olympic debut |date=20 January 2020}}

In June 2021 he was confirmed on the Great Britain team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/portsmouth-bmx-cyclist-declan-brooks-how-covid-19-has-helped-me-win-a-place-at-the-tokyo-olympics-3281733%3Famp] {{dead link|date=October 2021}} On August 1 he won the bronze medal in the BMX Freestyle.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58044570 |title=GB's Worthington wins thrilling BMX gold |work=BBC Sport}}