Nick Bruce

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Nick Bruce (born May 16, 1992) is an American Freestyle BMX cyclist.

From Youngstown, Ohio, Bruce is best known for landing the first flair tailwhip to tailwhip back (flair windshield wiper) and for landing the first 360 double tailwhip to downside tailwhip. A graduate of Hubbard High School in 2011, Bruce was studying business at Youngstown State University, but paused his studies to pursue a BMX career.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/4012808/nick-bruce|title=Nick Bruce's official X Games athlete biography|website=X Games}}{{Cite web|url=https://usacycling.org/athlete/nick-bruce|title=Nick Bruce | BMX Freestyle Athlete|website=USA Cycling}} In July 2021, Bruce qualified to compete in the BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/olympics/northeast-ohio-nick-bruce-to-compete-new-bmx-freestyle-event-tokyo-olympics/95-1b8f2160-914d-426f-b06f-e0121940ab22|title=Local Olympic Athlete Spotlight: Northeast Ohio's Nick Bruce to compete in new BMX Freestyle event at Tokyo Olympics|website=www.wkyc.com|date=July 14, 2021 }} one of the 9 competitors, representing 8 nations, to qualify;{{Cite web|title=Ciclismo BMX freestyle DOWELL Justin - Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/es/resultados/ciclismo-bmx-freestyle/perfil-de-deportista-n1342561-dowell-justin.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=July 29, 2021|website=Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=es-es|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729041012/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/es/resultados/ciclismo-bmx-freestyle/perfil-de-deportista-n1342561-dowell-justin.htm}} Bruce finished in 9th in the Olympic final.