 Grotts on the Men's Marathon MTB XC podium in Texas - January 2017 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 12, 1993 Durango, Colorado, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Mountain bike | ||||||||||||||
| Role | MTB racer / Coach for Durango Devo cycling development team [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Howard Grotts (born January 12, 1993) is an American cross-country mountain biker. He rode in the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2] He also won the Leadville Trail 100 for 3 consecutive years from 2017 to 2019.
Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
Cross-country, National Championships Cross-country Short track [3] Cross-country [4] Cross-country
Overall Cape Epic (with Jaroslav Kulhavý) Overall Cape Epic (with Matthew Beers)
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