Kevin Horgmo

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Kevin Horgmo
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NationalityNorwegian
Born (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 24)
Åmot, Norway
Current teamTeam Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR
Bike number24

Kevin Horgmo (born 23 September 2000) [1] is a Norwegian professional motocross racer. He has been competing in the FIM Motocross World Championship since 2019. In 2023, Horgmo won his first race at World Championship-level in the MX2 class. [2]

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Horgmo has achieved success racing at international level across Europe and the rest of the world. He has represented Norway at the Motocross des Nations several times and finished runner-up in the 2021 European Motocross Championship.

Career

Junior career

Horgmo spent much of his junior career under the stewardship of former Grand Prix rider Kenneth Gundersen. He claimed his first national title in 2013 in the 85 class and in addition competed in the European Motocross Championship. [3] In 2014, he made his debut in the FIM Motocross Junior World Championship in the 85cc class, picking up three points.

Horgmo moved into the EMX125 class of the European Motocross Championship in 2015. After scoring points sporadically throughout the season, Horgmo was able to secure his first top-ten race finish at the last round of the season, with seventh in race two. In the same season he was able to win the 125 national championships of both Norway and Sweden. In 2016, Horgmo began to move himself up the ranks of the EMX125 championship as the season progressed, including scoring a second position in race two in Great Britain. He picked up an injury at the following round which saw him end the season on the side-lines. [4]

2017 would be Horgmo's last season on a 125 and saw him ride for the CreyMert Racing KTM team. This would be a standout season for Horgmo, where he picked up three overall podiums in the EMX125 class of the 2017 European Motocross Championship, which included his first overall win at the French round. [5] In addition to this, Horgmo was able to be one of the leading competitors in that years FIM Junior World Championship, where a second place in race two was enough for him to take home the bronze medal. After these performances, he was called up to ride for Norway at the 2017 Motocross des Nations, where the country was unable to qualify for the main races.

250 career

Horgmo extended his contract with the CreyMert KTM team for 2018 and 2019 seasons. [6] The 2018 European Motocross Championship would be his first in the EMX250 class. After two-second place moto finishes throughout the season, Horgmo ended the campaign by finishing second overall at the final round at Assen, behind Jett Lawrence. Tenth in the final standings was coupled with him becoming Norwegian Champion in the MX2 class.

In the 2019 European Motocross Championship, Horgmo had a strong start in EMX250, with two top-three race finishes in the first two rounds. He then missed the next three rounds due to a broken jaw sustained in a Dutch Masters of Motocross event. [7] Once he recovered, he made his debut in the MX2 class of the 2019 FIM Motocross World Championship in Czech Republic, scoring a tenth place in the second race. He then returned to the EMX250 class in Belgium, finishing second overall before choosing to miss the last round to make his second MX2 world championship start in Sweden. Horgmo rode one final Grand Prix in 2019, in Turkey, riding this time for the Marchetti Racing KTM team. Following this, he made his second appearance for his country at the 2019 Motocross des Nations. The Norwegian team had one of their best performances on record, finishing twelfth overall, with Horgmo finishing fourth best MX2 rider in the main races.

After guesting with them at the end of 2019, Horgmo signed for Marchetti Racing KTM for his full-time MX2 World Championship debut in 2020. [8] It proved to be a tough season for Horgmo, where he struggled to adapt to the team and picked up three top-ten races finishes on the way to eighthteenth in the final standings. After splitting with the Marchetti team, he took up the option to drop back into the EMX250 class of the European Championship for 2021 European Motocross Championship. [9] This would prove to be Horgmo's most successful European Championship season, with him battling eventual champion Nicholas Lapucci from the first round. Six overall podiums, three race wins and two overall wins were achieved along the way finishing in the runner-up spot. In addition, he made three wildcard appearances in the MX2 class of the 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship, with a best race finish of twelfth.

After such a strong season, Horgmo signed for the F&H Kawasaki team for a full-time return to the MX2 class in the 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship. [10] He carried his good form into the new World Championship season, finishing consistently in the top-ten across the first three rounds, before getting his first race top-three in the second race at the Portuguese round. Two rounds later he secured his first overall podium by finishing second overall in Latvia. [11] After finishing fourth in the final standings, Horgmo made his fourth appearance for Norway at the 2022 Motocross des Nations, helping his country finish thirteenth. 2023 would be Horgmo's last season in the MX2 World Championship due to the under-23 rule. He started the season strongly with a second place in race two in Argentina. Despite consistently finishing in the top-ten he struggled to push up as high as he had in the previous season until the Swedish round where he was able to take the qualifying race win. Two rounds later, in Turkey, he was able to take his first World Championship race win and secure his second ever overall podium. After a final championship placing of seventh, Horgmo made his fourth appearance for Norway at the Motocross des Nations.

450 career

Horgmo signed for the Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR squad to make his MXGP class debut in the 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship. [12]

Honours

FIM Motocross Junior World Championship

European Motocross Championship

Norwegian Motocross Championship

Swedish Motocross Championship

Career statistics

Motocross des Nations

YearLocationNationClassTeammatesTeam OverallIndividual Overall
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matterley Basin Flag of Norway.svg NORMX2 Hakon Engan Karlsen
Sander Agard-Michelsen 		24thN/A
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Assen Flag of Norway.svg NORMX2 Håkon Fredriksen
Henrik Wahl 		12th4th
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Red Bud Flag of Norway.svg NORMX2 Cornelius Tøndel
Håkon Østerhagen 		13th14th
2023 Flag of France.svg Ernée Flag of Norway.svg NORMX2 Cornelius Tøndel
Håkon Fredriksen 		16th15th
2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matterley Basin Flag of Norway.svg NORMXGP Sander Agard-Michelsen
Cornelius Tøndel 		17th15th

FIM Motocross World Championship

By season

SeasonClassNumberMotorcycleTeamRaceRace WinsOverall WinsRace Top-3Overall PodiumPtsPlcd
2019 MX2240 KTM CreyMert Racing KTM400002335th
Marchetti Racing Team KTM20000
2020 MX2240 KTM Marchetti Racing Team KTM31000013718th
2021 MX2240 Gas Gas SM Action GasGas Racing Team Yuasa Battery600002628th
2022 MX224 Kawasaki F&H Kawasaki Racing Team3600415274th
2023 MX224 Kawasaki F&H Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team3610315657th
2024 MXGP24 Honda Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR3800004288th
Total15310721706

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References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Horgmo Bio". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "MAIDEN GP MOTO VICTORY FOR KEVIN HORGMO IN TURKEY". Kawasaki Europe. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Satser alt på motocross". Matias Fosso Kristiansen. Red Bull.com. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Interview: Kevin Horgmo". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Boisrame and Horgmo take EMX wins in France". Youthstream. mxgp.com. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Horgmo signs CreyMert KTM contract extension!". gatedrop.com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Broken jaw for Horgmo". gatedrop.com. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "KEVIN HORGMO SIGNED WITH MARCHETTI RACING KTM FOR 2020". livemotocross.com. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Confirmed: Kevin Horgmo secures EMX250 ride for 2021". gatedrop.com. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "New Contract: Kevin Horgmo". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Kevin Horgmo takes maiden podium in the Grand Prix MX2 in Latvia". F&H Racing Team. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Kevin Horgmo and Valentin Guillod confirmed for SR Honda in 2024". Edward Stratmann. mxvice.com. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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