Brandon Semenuk

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Brandon Semenuk
Personal information
Born (1991-02-02) 2 February 1991 (age 33)
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Team information
Current team Red Bull
Trek
Subaru Motorsports
DisciplineFreestyle Mountain Bikes, Rally Motor Racing
Role Stunt performer
Rider typeSlopestyle, Freeride, Freestyle BMX
Medal record
Competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg X Games Real MTB 2021MTB
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Red Bull Joyride 2017 Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2015Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2014Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2013Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2011Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Red Bull Rampage 2024 Freeride
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Rampage 2021 Freeride
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Rampage 2019 Freeride
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Rampage 2016 Freeride
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgRed Bull Rampage 2008 Freeride
Silver medal icon (S initial).svgX Games Munich 2013Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2009Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2008 Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2007Slopestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgRed Bull Rampage 2014Freeride

Brandon Semenuk (born 2 February 1991) is a Canadian freestyle mountain biker and rally racer from Whistler, British Columbia. Semenuk is a five-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Champion. [1] 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, 2021, and 2024 – the first person to win Rampage five 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. [2]

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Early life and early career

Semenuk grew up in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, [3] 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 [4]

Mountain Bike

In Slopestyle MTB, he took home gold and silver medals from X-Games (2013) and (2021). He won Red Bull Joyride in 2011, [5] and also in 2013, [6] 2014, [7] 2015 [8] [3] and 2017, [9] and is a five-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. [10] [11]

Rallying

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. [12] He earned his first professional rally win on 5 October 2020, at the Missouri Show-Me Rally. [13] On 15 October 2022, Semenuk became the 2022 American Rally Association presented by Dirtfish National Champion. [14]

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  2. ↑ Evans, David (20 July 2023). "Is there more to come from ARA's new double champion?". DirtFish. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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