Brett Rheeder

Brett Rheeder (born February 16, 1993) is a professional mountain bike rider from Mount Albert, Ontario.

In 2013 he won the first Gold Medal in Slopestyle at the X-Games in Munich,[1] and in 2013 and 2014 he won the Vienna Air King.[2] In 2014 he won the Bearclaw Invitational.[3] In 2015 he won the Munich Mash,[4] and won the first two events in the Crankworx World Tour in Rotorua, New Zealand and Les Deux Alpes, France.[5][6][7]

With Brandon Semenuk and Tom Van Steenburgen, Rheeder is in Trek C3 Project, which came first in the Freeride Mountain Bike Factory Team Rankings in 2015.[8]

Rheeder is from Mount Albert, Ontario. He originally played hockey, then switched first to cross-country cycling and then to slopestyle.[7]

References

  1. ↑ L'Heureux, David (June 30, 2013). "Brett Rheeder wins Mountain Bike Slopestyle". X Games (ESPN).
  2. ↑ Desai, Rajiv (April 7, 2014). "Two in two for Rheeder at Vienna Air King". Redbull.com.
  3. ↑ Meyer, Ryan (August 24, 2014). "Top MTB Riders Raise Bar at Bearclaw Slopestyle". Redbull.com.
  4. ↑ "Brett Rheeder wins FMB Diamond Series second round". EuroNews. June 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Hamilton-Irvine, Gary (March 30, 2015). "Crankworx: Brett Rheeder tames slope to win in style". Rotorua Daily Post.
  6. ↑ McKnight, James (July 11, 2015). "Crankworx Les Deux Alpes 2015: Slopestyle Results". Dirt.
  7. 1 2 McNair, Brian (August 5, 2015). "Mount Albert's Brett Rheeder looking for triple crown". Yorkregion.com.
  8. ↑ FMB World Tour (November 18, 2015). "Trek C3 Project: FMB Factory Team Champions 2015". Pinkbike.com (Press release).
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