Worthington was born in 1996, and she took up BMX seriously at the age of 20. She worked full-time as a chef at a Mexican restaurant near
Chorlton for three years, before Freestyle BMX was added to the Olympics in 2017. Worthington was accepted on to the Great Britain Cycling Team programme in Freestyle Park, and 2019 saw her win the inaugural British and European titles, before she became the first ever British woman to win a world medal in the discipline, taking bronze at the
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in
Chengdu behind
Hannah Roberts of the US and the Chilean rider
Macarena Perez Grasset. Worthington was chosen to be part of the UK's 26 strong cycling squad for the postponed
2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she won gold at the Cycling BMX Freestyle park final. On her second run she became the first woman in history to land a 360-degree backflip in competition. Worthington was appointed
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2022 New Year Honours for services to BMX racing. In June 2021 she won bronze in Women's BMX Park at the
2021 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier, again behind Hannah Roberts with
Nikita Ducarroz in silver. She competed at the
2024 Paris Olympics on 31 July 2024, without qualifying for the final and finishing 11th. == Competitive history ==