NSS Profile: Lee already a world champion on BMX bike

The #1 Plate, the customary prize for the winner of a major BMX race, is similarly sized to a textbook.

So on this day, Logan Lee’s friends and classmates at the National Sport School likely have no idea that she has this world championship trophy tucked into her backpack for a spotlight interview.

Everybody who hears about her incredible accomplishment is quick to offer congratulations.

“I haven’t broadly told everyone, though,” says this modest student-athlete with a smile.

That is so National Sport School, isn’t it?

One desk over could be a top hockey prospect, a national-level gymnast or freestyle skier, or, in Lee’s case, a BMX world title-holder.

In late July, Lee won the #1 Plate for her age category at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Brisbane, Australia. 

Just over a month later, she started Grade 10 at NSS. The 15-year-old is new to the school for 2026-27.

“It’s been very, very positive. I’ve made a lot of new friends already,” Lee says. “They all understand the demands that come with being a competitive athlete. It’s a very unique experience to be surrounded by a bunch of other athletes and students that are experiencing the same thing that I am.

Canada's Logan Lee, far right, accepts her #1 Plate at the 2026 UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Brisbane, Australia. (Photos courtesy of Lee's family.)

“I don’t want to have to sacrifice my education,” she adds. “I’ve already been away for competitions and training, and I’m still able to keep up my grades, so that’s a plus for this school.”

Lee has been competing as a BMX racer since she was about 10 years old.

She has made several previous trips to the world championships, but this was the first time she returned home with the #1 Plate.

In the final race, Lee burst out to an early lead and remained out front from wire-to-wire. She was joined on the podium by a competitor from Australia and another from Colombia.

Asked about what it was like to cross the finish line in first place, Lee replies: “I was in complete shock … I couldn’t believe it at all.”

“Racing against some of the best riders from all around the world was definitely very exciting,” she says. “But there was also a lot of pressure because I knew how much work I’d put into it and all the sacrifices I had made. So winning it was really all worth it at the end of it.”

Lee’s accomplishment has been celebrated by the bike community in Alberta, including her coaches and fellow athletes at Calgary BMX.

She has also been hearing lots of compliments from her classmates at NSS — as they find out about it.

“Winning the world championships definitely motivated me, and I have a lot more I want to accomplish in BMX,” Lee says. “I want to travel more internationally and race World Cups for BMX, and I want to become a junior for Team Canada.”