His first trip abroad was for the Paris FISE X in 2012, where he placed first and made a splash in the world of competitive BMX riding. In 2016, in his first-ever X Games debut, Logan took home silver in the Park category, making him the first rookie to score a BMX Park medal since Brazilian Diogo Canina in 2008.

2017 saw Logan claim his spot as the Inaugural UCI Freestyle World Champion. In 2018 he won Gold at the Nitro Circus World Games and silver at the 2019 UCI World Championship.

In 2019, after his local training facility closed, he built his own competition-sized (30m x 15m) BMX park in his backyard at a personal cost of $85,000 (Naming it Logan Land). Fortuitously, this investment allowed him to continue training during the COVID-19 lockdowns when his peers were forced to stay indoors.

Come 2021, Logan Martin was fully prepared to represent Australia in the inaugural Men’s BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he went on to win the gold medal. This stunning victory was secured in just his first time run at the Ariake Sports park. None of his competitors could match his top time of 93.3 seconds.

“It’s amazing to be here at the first-ever Olympics for freestyle BMX, I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’m stoked to represent (the sport) on the world stage…It’s a great move for the Olympics having freestyle BMX, skateboarding, and surfing, and I’m super grateful to be an Olympian and to be an Olympic gold medallist that will forever live on.”

Partnering for the Future of Sport

Beyond the BMX track and in-person competitions, Logan Martin is partnering with PUML for a soon-to-be-announced special project. An initiative to bring fitness, sport and health into the decentralised space where participants can own their data and be rewarded for reaching their goals.

PUML has been a pioneer in the decentralised fitness movement. In 2022 we were awarded Entrepreneur’s Best Move-to-Earn App of the Year. We have empowered organisations to engage their entire workforce, increasing fitness and wellness more broadly. And in the consumer market, we have partnered with athletes to drive fitness challenges, enabling them to engage their fans, own their programs and bring health and fitness through the PUML platform to their community. We have already seen world-class athletes such as Chelsea Hodges, Phoebe Bell, Kiera Austin, and Taylor Smith come through the ecosystem.

Looking further ahead, PUML is bringing fitness into the metaverse, exploring how we can engage people in the real world to be more active by utilising blockchain principles and technology.

The benefit of the blockchain is in its decentralisation. Users are rewarded with real-world value rewards by simply being active and reaching goals. They own their data and can use it themselves to better improve their health and fitness.

Through blockchain and the metaverse, the possibility for real-world users to connect online with similar types of meaningful interactions is amplified. Logan Martin is working with us to dive deeper into these possibilities and bring to life impactful programs and platform functions that make the Future of Sport an inclusive, empowering movement that brings real change to real lives.

Learn more about PUML Better Health’s Athlete initiatives and follow our news hub to watch what comes next.

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By 2017, at the age of 15, Chelsea was representing Australia at the FINA World Junior Championships in Indiana. In 2018, she took out Gold in the 50m and 100m breaststroke for the 16 years age group, becoming a National Champion for her age group. Within the same year, she won silver in both the 50m breaststroke and the 4x100m medley relay at the Youth Olympic Games.

Fast forward to Tokyo 2020 Olympics — which ended up taking place in 2021 — and 19 year old Chelsea Hodges won first place in the 100m breaststroke final and cemented her place in history, taking home gold with her team as part of the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay. Her individual time was just 1:05.57.

Unlike many rising athletic stars, Chelsea’s path was not straightforward. In 2016 she tore cartilage in her hip and developed bone issues as a result. At 15, she had to go through rehab and learn both how to walk and swim again. Day after day, year after year, she pushed forward to reach her Olympic dream.

Little goals, she says, have got her to where she is today.

Passionate about health and conscious of her platform, Chelsea feels the responsibility to be a positive role model to those who follow her journey. She understands how young people look up to athletes in Australia and wants to use her platform to share that you don’t have to be an athlete to be healthy. Everyone can and should take care of their personal health.

This is how she discovered PUML.

Outside of swimming, Chelsea is studying to become a nurse. Physical health, inner health and mental health are all elements of overall health that she wishes to share with others. On the PUML app, it’s the unique community feature that attracted her to set her own ‘Train With Me’ challenge.

What is the PUML Train With Me Campaign

PUML Better Health engages users to get active by offering a community environment where they can participate in challenges with one another and win real-world rewards for doing so. The Train With Me program features some of Australia’s leading women in sport, giving them a platform from which they can have a truly personal interaction with their fans while at the same time encouraging positive habits and healthy goals.

PUML’s Train With Me campaigns connect inspiring athletes to their community so that they can get active together. What makes this unique is the access athletes have to an engaged group ready to take healthy steps. The platform allows them to run challenges, interact with the group, share rewards and build influence that truly helps their followers. For Chelsea, this is an opportunity to challenge her community to set small goals that build into better health and wellness.

Chelsea’s advice is: “Stop caring what people think and believe in what you do. I spent a lot of time worrying about what other people were doing. Especially in sport, you’ve got to stay in your own lane and just worry about what you do.”

Supported by the Queensland Government’s ActiveKIT program, PUML is recognised as a truly impactful way to engage users, not just to sign up but to get involved and build better lifestyles.

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