Robin Goomes

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Robin Goomes is a New Zealand mountain biker. [1] [2] In 2024 and 2025 she won the women's section of the Red Bull Rampage freeride mountain bike event. [3]

Biography

Goomes was born in Christchurch and grew up on the Chatham Islands, where her mother was a Department of Conservation ranger. She attended high school in Christchurch, returning to the Chatham Islands for term holidays. Towards the end of her high school years the family moved to Auckland, where she attended Takapuna Grammar School. [4]

In 2021, Goomes won the Crankworx Innsbruck Whip-Off. [5] In 2024, she competed in the Red Bull Rampage downhill mountain bike event in Utah, USA. She performed two back-flips to win the Best Trick Award, and also won the women's section of the event. [3]

In 2025, Goomes won the Red Bull Rampage women's competition again with a run that included two backflips [6] .

References

  1. ↑ "'It's the pinnacle': Kiwi mountain biker claims historic victory". The New Zealand Herald . 2024-10-20. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  2. ↑ Cochrane, Andy (30 April 2025). "Possum hunts, Antarctica and the army: one woman's road to winning the most extreme mountain bike contest". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  3. 1 2 "Mountain Bike: Rotorua's Goomes wins Red Bull Rampage". RNZ . 2024-10-11. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  4. ↑ "Riding in Robin's Hood – The story of Robin Goomes – Spoke #84". 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  5. ↑ Leggett, Alice (June 25, 2021). "Getting to Know Robin Goomes, the First Woman to Backflip in a Crankworx Competition" . Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Robin Goomes is Red Bull Rampage women's back-to-back winner". Red Bull. 2025-10-17. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
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