Olympic hopeful and professional BMX champion Rhys Kember, who partly blamed the sport's "groupie culture" for soliciting child abuse material from five teenage girls, has been sentenced to three years in jail.
Kember, 34, was charged with soliciting and possessing child abuse material and procuring a child for sex.
Details revealed in the ACT Supreme Court showed over four years, Kember had asked the girls to send nude photos of themselves, sometimes in exchange for alcohol.
Police recovered more than 50 photos from his phone, which has now been forfeited.
ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum told the court, Kember had been on track to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, but that and his professional career representing a breakfast cereal and working as a stunt rider, had come to an end with his arrest.
"Some people have a steeper fall from grace than others," Chief Justice McCallum said.
During sentencing submissions, prosecutor Patricia McEniery told the court Kember had shown no remorse, and appeared to have a limited understanding of the impact of his crimes on the victims.
"They were actual child victims," she said.
"They were known to the offender.
Court documents also showed Kember had sent nude images of himself to one of the girls, who was 13 at the time, telling her: "I don't like a person who doesn't send back."
Later he sent a message saying, "If you really care for me you'll send me this."
Chief Justice McCallum said he ignored the girl's reluctance.
The court heard Kember had also delivered a takeaway to another girl's school in exchange for a daily photo.
When that girl asked him to buy her alcohol, he said he would do so only if she sent him photos, which she refused.
Kember delivered alcohol to girl at school
In an exchange with another girl, aged 15, he first demanded pictures of her breasts and later proposed a sexual act in exchange for alcohol.
The court heard Kember had delivered the alcohol to the girl at school during lunchtime, but there was no evidence any sexual contact was made.
Kember's lawyer Stephen Robinson told the court his client had grown up with no role models.
"Rhys Kember raised himself, he left home at 15 and was working and going to school," he said.
Mr Robinson told the court he had been neglected by his mother, who suffered with addictions and his father who was an alcoholic.
He said Kember was now getting on with his life and had applied to be a helicopter pilot.
Mr Robinson urged the court not to jail him for more than a few months.
Chief Justice McCallum told the court she believed he was likely to embrace rehabilitation.
She also said Kember had minimised his responsibility, though he had not simply blamed the sport's culture.
Kember was sentenced to three years in jail but will be eligible for release on his own recognisance after eight months.
