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Sabrina may refer to

People[link]

• Sabrina (given name), a feminine given name (and list of people with that name)
• Sabrina (actress) (born 1936), British entertainer
• Sabrina (Filipino singer) (born 1989)
• Sabrina (Greek singer)
• Sabrina Salerno (born 1968), Italian pop singer aka Sabrina
• Sabrina (Portuguese singer) (born 1983)

Mythological and fictional characters[link]

• Hafren or Sabrina, a mythical nymph
• Sabrina, the goddess of the River Severn in Celtic mythology
• Sabrina, a character in John Milton's Comus
• Sabrina (Charlie's Angels), on Charlie's Angels
• Sabrina Spellman, heroine of the Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic book and television series franchise
• Sabrina (Pokémon), a Pokémon character
• Sabrina an anthro skunk in a web-comic Sabrina online by Eric Schwartz

Media and art[link]

• Sabrina (1954 film), a film starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden
• Sabrina (1995 film), a remake starring Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, and Greg Kinnear
• Sabrina (TV show), a Mexican show on the Telehit network
• Sabrina (album), debut album of Italian singer Sabrina
• "Sabrina", a song by Einstürzende Neubauten
• "Sabrina", a song by Inkubus Sukkubus from their album Heartbeat of the Earth
• Sabrina Statue, a statue owned by Amherst College
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch franchise: see Sabrina the Teenage Witch (disambiguation)

Places[link]

• Latin name of the River Severn in Great Britain
• Sabrina Coast, part of the coast of Antarctica
• Sabrina Ridge, Antarctica
• Sabrina Island, off Antarctica
• Sabrina Island (Azores), a temporary island between June and July 1811
• Lake Sabrina, California
• Sabrina Way, a footpath and bridleway in England
• 2264 Sabrina, an asteroid

Ships[link]

• HMS Sabrina, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, and one proposed one
• MSC Sabrina, a container ship
• SS Empire Buckler, a Liberian cargo ship known at one time as the Sabrina

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Greg Minnaar

Personal information
Full name	Greg Minnaar
Nickname	GM
Born	(1981-11-13) November 13, 1981 (age 30)  South Africa
Height	190 cm
Weight	87 kg
Team information
Current team	Santa Cruz Syndicate
Discipline	MTB
Role	Rider
Rider type	DH & 4X
Professional team(s)
1999 2000 2001–2002 2003 2004–2007 2008–	Local bike shop Animal Orange Global Racing Haro Lee Dungarees Team G Cross Honda Santa Cruz Syndicate
Major wins
NORBA Champion (2 Wins) UCI DH World Champion (1 Wins) UCI DH World Cup Overall (3 Wins)
Medal record Competitor for  South Africa Mountain Bike World Championships Gold 2003 Lugano Downhill Silver 2004 Les Gets Downhill Silver 2006 Rotorua Downhill Bronze 2001 Vail Downhill Bronze 2005 Livigno Downhill Bronze 2010 Mont-Sainte-Anne Downhill
Infobox last updated on 07 Sept 2009

Greg Minnaar (born November 13, 1981 in Pietermaritzburg) is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling. Greg first started to get noticed as a world class downhill racer at the age of 17, in 1999, racing select World Cups (including one in his home country of South Africa, in Stellenbosch) on a local shop team, aboard a Kona Stab Dee-Lux bike with a Marzocchi Monster T. fork. The following year, still a junior, he was picked up by British international team Animal Orange, which used Orange frames (222 for downhill and Ms. Isle for dual slalom) and RockShox suspension. That year (2000) Greg podiumed at a World Cup points series race for the first time. The following two years Greg rode for the mighty Global Racing team, aboard similar bikes to the previous years', and on this team, at the age of 19, he won the overall World Cup points series in the Elite downhill. In 2003 Greg switched to the Haro Lee Dungarees team, which used Intense designed and built DHR frames for the dowhill and their own short travel Werx trailbike frames for Four Cross, with Manitou suspension. It was aboard this team that, at the age of 21, Greg became World Champion of downhill. Following this, Greg was offered a spot on the infamous Team G Cross Honda, which used one-off internally geared framesmade by Honda, and Showa suspension. He accepted, and stayed on that team for four years, which included his second World Cup points series overall victory in 2005. After the sudden pulling out of the sport by Honda after the 2007 season, which ended on a bittersweet note with a dislocated and fractured shoulder early in his winning World Championship final run (Greg got back on the bike to salvage a painful 4th place finish), Greg was forced to switch teams yet again. He recently chose the Santa Cruz Syndicate team, alongside riders Steve Peat, Nathan Rennie, and Josh Bryceland for the 2008 season. He competes in the NORBA and Mountain Bike World Cup points series races, in the Elite Downhill and Four Cross events.

Championships[link]

Downhill World Cup[link]

Minnaar has been crowned Downhill World Cup champion three times (2001, 2005, and the recently concluded 2008 series) for winning the Mountain Bike World Cup points series. He was also crowned Downhill World Champion in 2003 for winning the season ending event. He has also done well in the Four Cross event, with one win in the 2003 World Cup points series, in Fort William, Scotland, and a fourth place finish at the 2005 World Championships.

In the 2008 World Cup, Minnaar podiumed at every one of the seven events in the series, taking the win at Fort William, Mont-Sainte-Anne and Canberra. This gave him a comfortable lead going into the finals at Schladming, Austria, where he placed fifth and clenched his overall lead to take the well-deserved title.

In 2009 World Cup series, Minnaar took first place at Pietermaritzburg South Africa, Fort William Scotland and Bromont Canada. He also came 6th at La Bresse in France, 3rd at Vallnord in Andorra, Maribor in Slovenia and in Schladming Austria. Greg also came 22nd in Mont-Sainte-Anne leaving him with a 2nd place overall. In the World Championships at Canberra Australia he lost 1st place to his team mate Steve Peat by 0.05seconds

NORBA[link]

Minnaar has twice (2003, 2004) been crowned the champion of the NORBA points series.

Palmarès[link]

2009

1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Fort William, Scotland; Bromont, Canada

2010

2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall

3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada

2011

2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Fort William, Scotland

1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, La Bresse, France

^[1]

2012

1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa ^[2]

See also[link]

• Steve Peat, Minnaar's team mate on the Syndicate Team.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Team Santa Cruz Syndicate Official site

Aaron Holmes Gwin is an American professional downhill mountain biker from Morongo Valley, California. He is recently known for breaking on to the international World Cup scene after about 8 months of riding downhill.^[1] Many see Gwin as the savior for US downhilling on the international scene since his 10th place finish at the Mont Sainte-Anne World Cup in 2008 was the first American top 10 finish since 2004.^[2]

Early biking career[link]

Aaron Gwin started his cycling career off early racing BMX from age 4. By age 8 Gwin was racing all the nationals. At age 12 Gwin moved on to motocross and raced up until he was 17 when he quit due to constant injuries. In 2008 at age 20 Gwin was loaned a bike by fellow professional downhill racer and good friend Cody Warren and was encouraged to compete in a race. In his first race in the Fontana Winter Series he got 3rd and began racing from then on, quickly signing with Yeti Cycles.^[3] He has since won two United States National Championships for Downhill, in 2009 and in 2010. Both were held in SolVista, Colorado

Riding style[link]

Much of Gwin's style and skill come from his motocross days, and his whips and jumping technique show it in videos. He also gained a lot of flow from racing BMX for so many years, bringing him success in Dual Slalom and Mountain Cross. (2011) Aaron is currently team mates with Justin Leov, Tracey Mosely and Neko Mulally. Aaron joined the Trek World Racing Team in November 2010 after relocating to Temecula, CA.

Results[link]

2008

10th place, Sea Otter Classic Downhill

7th place, MSC #2 Chalk Creek Stampede Mountain Cross

1st place, MSC #2 Chalk Creek Stampede Dual Slalom

4th place, Deer Valley National Dual Slalom

4th place, Deer Valley National Downhill

1st place, MSC #5 Blast the Mass Downhill

1st place, MSC #7 Snowmass G3 Downhill

1st place, MSC #9 MSC Gravity Finals Downhill^[4]

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Downhill:

10th place, Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada

8th place, Schladming, Austria^[5]

2011

1st place overall for the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, the first American to ever win a World Cup Overall Title ^[6] and the first man to win 5 World Cup DH races in one season ^[7]:

1st place, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa ^[8]

5th place, Fort William, Scotland ^[9]

1st place, Leogang, Austria ^[10]

1st place, Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec ^[11]

1st place, Windham, New York, USA ^[12]

3rd place, La Bresse, FRA ^[13]

1st place, Val di Sole, ITA ^[14]

1st place, US Open ^[15]

2012

2nd place, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa ^[16]

3rd place, Sea Otter Classic Downhill ^[17]

2nd place, Port Angeles Grand Prix Downhill ^[18]

External links[link]

• Aaron Gwin Official Site
• Aaron Gwin: Rider Bio

References[link]