Brandon Semenuk
Canadian freeride mountain biker
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Brandon Semenuk (born 2 February 1992) is a Canadian freestyle mountain biker and rally racer from Whistler, British Columbia. Semenuk is a five-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Champion.[1] He is a five-time Red Bull Joyride winner, X-Games Real MTB Gold Medalist (2021), and X-Games Silver medalist (2013) in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event. He won the Red Bull Rampage in 2008, 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024 – the first person to win Rampage five times. He is known to be "always emulated, never imitated" and is known as one of the best slopestyle/freeride mountain bikers in history. Semenuk won the 2022 and 2023 American Rally Association National championship.[2]
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Trek
Subaru Motorsports
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| Born | 2 February 1992 Whistler, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Red Bull Trek Subaru Motorsports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Freestyle Mountain Bikes, Rally Motor Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Stunt performer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Slopestyle, Freeride, Freestyle BMX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and early career
Semenuk grew up in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada,[3] where he started out in cross-country cycling, competing in the BC Cup for the first time at the age of 9. He also competed in Four-Cross early in his career. At the age of 15, while riding his local jumps, Semenuk's talent was spotted by Andrew Shandro. Shortly thereafter, Shandro offered Semenuk a professional contract with Trek[4]
Mountain Bike
In Slopestyle MTB, he took home gold and silver medals from X-Games (2013) and (2021). He won Red Bull Joyride in 2011,[5] and also in 2013,[6] 2014,[7] 2015[8][3] and 2017,[9] and is a five-time Red Bull Rampage winner, being the only athlete to accomplish this feat. For the 2015 mountain bike movie unReal, he was filmed in a one shot segment that went viral on the internet.[10][11]
Rallying
Semenuk has also been interested in rally driving since a young age, and as of April 2020, was welcomed to the Subaru Motorsports rally team alongside Travis Pastrana.[12] He earned his first professional rally win on 5 October 2020, at the Missouri Show-Me Rally.[13] On 15 October 2022, Semenuk became the 2022 American Rally Association presented by Dirtfish National Champion.[14]