Merel Smulders


Merel Smulders is a Dutch BMX racing rider.

Career

She was the silver medal winner at the 2018 UCI BMX World Championships behind her sister Laura Smulders. Prior to this became junior World Time Trial Champion at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships. At the 2020 Summer Games BMX Race she won the bronze medal.
She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She won the silver medal at the 2025 European BMX Championships in Valmiera, Latvia behind Beth Shriever but ahead of her sister Laura in bronze.

Personal life

She is the younger sister of Laura Smulders, who won bronze in BMX at the 2012 Olympics.