Nicholi Rogatkin

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Nicholi Rogatkin
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1995-12-21) December 21, 1995 (age 26)
Boston, Massachusetts
Sport
Sport BMX, Slopestyle,
Turned pro2012
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking3 (FBM World ranking)
Medal record
Competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Red Bull Joyride 2018 Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svgRed Bull Joyride 2015 Slopestyle

Nicholi Rogatkin (born December 21, 1995) is an American professional bike rider from Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Currently ranked #2 in the World. 2016 World Champion and 2018 Triple Crown Winner. The winningest FMB World Tour athlete with over 25 wins.

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Career

Rogatkin started riding BMX at the age of five and became a professional at age 13. Rogatkin won the ASA Triples in Miami and BMX Dirt Worlds in 2013. In 2014, he focused more on mountain biking, and rode the FMB World Tour as a rookie. In the 2015 season, he placed second at Crankworx Rotorua and Crankworx Whistler and became the first rider ever to win both the Best Trick Competition and the main event at Vienna Air King in Vienna, Austria. [1] Nicholi pulled the World's First Cashroll on a Downhill bike. In 2016 Rogatkin did a new trick and named it the Twister. [2] The "Twister" is best described as a 1080 front flip, or a front cork 1080. Rogatkin finished 2016 season in First Place in the Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Diamond Series and First Place in FISE World Series. In 2017 Rogatkin added another rotation to his own Twister (1080) and landed 1440 while competing at District Ride In Nuremberg, Germany.

On August 18, 2018, Nicholi was the first to win the “Triple Crown” of Crankworx Slopestyle after winning at Innsbruck, Austria, Les Gets, France, and Whistler in British Columbia. In 2019, he helped do motion capture for the Riders Republic video game along with Fabio Wibmer and Tomas Lemoine. [3]

Wins

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2021

2022

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References

http://Rogatkin'scrash-TheGnarliestCrashinRedBullRampageHistory

http://TheTwister

  1. http://www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/stories/1331661736056/who-the-hell-is-nicholi-rogatkin [ bare URL ]
  2. Max Canon (2014-09-23), The Wizard of Oz (1939) - It's a Twister! , retrieved 2016-02-24
  3. https://www.crankworx.com/2018/08/18/rogatkin-makes-history-in-whistler-winning-triple-crown-of-slopestyle.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)