Brandon Semenuk
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| Born | 2 February 1991 Whistler, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Trek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Freestyle Mountain Bikes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Slopestyle, Freeride | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brandon Semenuk is a Canadian freeride mountain biker and rally racer from Whistler, British Columbia. Semenuk is a three-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Gold Medalist. He is a five-time Red Bull Joyride winner, X-Games Real MTB Gold Medalist (2021), and X-Games Silver medalist (2013) in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event. He won the Red Bull Rampage in 2008, 2016, 2019 and 2021 - the first person to win Rampage four-times. He is known to be "always emulated, never imitated" and is known as one of the best slopestyle/freeride mountain bikers in history. Semenuk won the 2022 and 2023 American Rally Association National championship.[1]
Early life and early career
Semenuk grew up in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, [2] where he started out in cross-country cycling, competing in the BC Cup for the first time at the age of 9. He also competed in Four-Cross early in his career. At the age of 15, while riding his local jumps, Semenuk's talent was spotted by Andrew Shandro. Shortly thereafter, Shandro offered Semenuk a professional contract with Trek[3]
Career
He won silver in Slopestyle at the X-Games Munich in 2013. He won the Red Bull Joyride in 2011,[4] and also in 2013,[5] 2014,[6] 2015[7][2] and 2017,[8] and is a four-time Redbull Rampage winner, being the only athlete to accomplish this feat. For the 2015 mountain bike movie unReal, he was filmed in a one shot segment that went viral on the internet.[9][10] Semenuk has also been interested in rally driving since a young age, and as of April 2020, was welcomed to the Subaru Motorsports rally team alongside Travis Pastrana. [11] He earned his first professional rally win on 5 October 2020, at the Missouri Show-Me Rally.[12] On 15 October 2022 he became the 2022 American Rally Association presented by Dirtfish National Champion. [13]
References
- ^ Evans, David (20 July 2023). "Is there more to come from ARA's new double champion?". DirtFish. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ a b Kingston, Gary (16 August 2015). "Brandon Semenuk digs up winning Joyride in Whistler's Bone Yard". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ Kemp, Seb (February 2012). "Brandon Semenuk: Where did the robot from the future come from?". Dirt. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Kokanee Crankworx 2011 Red Bull Joyride - Replay". Extreme.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ Minnigh, Brice (18 August 2013). "Gallery: 2013 Crankworx Red Bull Joyride Recap: Brandon Semenuk triumphs in dramatic do-or-die dual for the title". Bike.
- ^ Minnigh, Brice (16 August 2014). "Video and Photos: 2014 Red Bull Joyride highlights: Brandon Semenuk throws down the first-ever Joyride hat trick". Bike.
- ^ Lang, Seetoh (17 August 2015). "Watch Semenuk's Winning Run at Red Bull Joyride: Brandon Semenuk conquers the pressure in style at Red Bull Joyride at Crankworx Whistler". Redbull.com.
- ^ "Watch: The Winning Run at Red Bull Joyride - Crankworx Whistler 2017". pinkbike.com. Pinkbike. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ O'Connor, Brion (13 August 2015). "Mountain biker Brandon Semenuk's unReal video: Long shot pays off". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Mountain biker Brandon Semenuk's unreal ride captured in one shot". Stuff.co.nz. 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Brandon Semenuk Signs With Subaru Motorsports USA To Race Rally Cars Alongside Travis Pastrana". pinkbike.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Subaru scores 1-2 victory at show-me rally; Brandon Semenuk takes first U.S. win". boxscorenews.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Semenuk wins his first ARA title". dirtfish.com.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.