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Born | Park City, Utah | February 16, 1994||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Stans–Pivot Pro Team | ||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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2013–2014 | Cannondale Factory Racing | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Cannondale 3rox | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Stans-Pivot Pro Team | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Santa Cruz Bicycles | ||||||||||||||
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Keegan Swenson (born February 16, 1994) is an American mountain bike and gravel racing cyclist. [1]
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