Jared Graves (born 16 December 1982 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian cyclist who has represented Australia in BMX, 4x (four cross) and DH (downhill) mountain biking.In 2006, he finished second in the mountain bike 4x world cup series. In 2008 he finished second in the BMX world cup series and was selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished sixth. He became 4X World Cup champion in 2009, winning 5 from 8 rounds. On 4 September 2009 he won the UCI Mountain bike 4X World Championships in Canberra, Australia. he Won the 2010 UCI 4X World Cup series winning 4 from 6 rounds, and won a Silver medal at the world Championships in Canada after leading the final race all the way until making a mistake and being passed on the final corner. Midway through the 2011 World cup season he has won 2 from 3 rounds and leads the series.

References[link]

• Australian Olympic Committee profile

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Brian Lopes

Lopes at the World Championships in Fort William
Personal information
Full name	Brian Thomas Lopes
Born	(1971-09-06) September 6, 1971 (age 40) Mission Viejo, California, United States of America
Height	5'9"
Weight	160 lbs
Team information
Current team	Oakley
Discipline	MTB–Four-cross
Role	Rider
Major wins
Norba National Championship (9 Wins) UCI World Cup (6 Wins) UCI World Championship (4 wins)
Infobox last updated on June 26, 2007

Brian Thomas Lopes (born September 6, 1971 in Mission Viejo, California) is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old.^[1]

He started mountain biking in 1993 and has since won a total of 18 titles – 9 NORBA National Championships, 6 UCI World Cup wins and 4 UCI World Championship titles.^[2] Lopes has also held world records in bunny hopping, in terms of both distance and height.^[1]

He was nominated in 2001 for an ESPY "Action sport Athlete of the Year"^[3] and won two NEA (World Extreme Sports Award) for "Mountain Biker of the Year" in 2000 & 2001.^[4] Lopes has also co-written a book, Mastering Mountain Bike Skills with Lee McCormack. Lopes has also been featured in a videogame; Downhill Domination on the Sony PlayStation 2.

Lopes is currently sponsored by Ibis, Oakley, Lazer, X-Fusion, SRAM, Kenda, ENVE Composites, WTB, ODI, & MRP.^[4]

On April 13th 2012 Lopes won the first race of the new cross-country eliminator World Cup series in Houffalize, Belgium.

External links[link]

• brianlopes.com
• uci.ch

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