Aaron Gwin ist einer der erfolgreichsten Downhill-Mountainbiker des Planeten. Der Amerikaner aus dem sonnigen Bundesstaat Kalifornien konnte bereits fünfmal die Gesamtwertung des Downhill World Cups für sich entscheiden. Hier gibt’s alle Infos zu Aaron Gwin.
Steckbrief: Aaron Gwin
Aaron Gwin ist ein aus den USA stammender Downhill-Mountainbiker, der bereits fünf Mal die Gesamtwertung des Downhill World Cups gewinnen konnte.
- Name Aaron Holmes Gwin
- Geboren 24. Dezember 1987 (Alter 31 Jahre)
- Größe 178 cm
- Gewicht 77 kg
- aktuelles Team The YT Mob
- Arbeitsgerät YT Tues CF (Größe XL)
- Website www.aarongwin.hookit.com
- Instagram-Account
- Facebook-Seite
Werdegang
Aaron Gwin lernte 1991 im Alter von vier Jahren das Radfahren auf einem BMX-Bike. Daraufhin dauerte es nicht lange bis er seinen ersten Sponsoren-Vertrag unterzeichnete und sich in der Weltspitze seiner Altersklasse etablierte.
1995 Vier Jahre später im Alter von acht Jahren entschied sich Aaron Gwin jedoch seine BMX-Karriere nicht weiterzuverfolgen. Als Teenager entdeckte er dann den Motocross-Sport für sich. Aufgrund zahlreicher Verletzungen entschied sich Aaron Gwin schließlich auch diese Sportart aufzugeben.
Im Alter von 20 Jahren setze sich Aaron Gwin im Jahr 2007 zum ersten Mal auf ein Downhill-Mountainbike. Nur drei Wochen später belegte er bereits den dritten Platz bei einem lokalen Downhill-Rennen. Nach weiteren Erfolgen unterschrieb er einen Sponsoren-Vertrag mit Yeti-Cycles. Dieser ermöglichte ihm die Teilnahme an seinem ersten Downhill World Cup in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada, bei dem er sensationell den zehnten Platz belegte. Weitere Erfolge folgten und im Jahr 2011 konnte Aaron Gwin schließlich die Gesamtwertung des Downhill World Cups gewinnen. Nach Stationen bei Trek World Racing und Specialized Racing Factory Team startet Gwin seit 2016 für den YT-Mob.
Teamhistorie
- 2008 – 2010 Yeti Cycles
- 2011 – 2012 Trek World Racing
- 2013 – 2015 Specialized Racing Factory Team
- 2016 – The YT Mob
Arbeitsgerät
- Rahmen YT Tues CF, Größe XL
- Reach 470 mm
- Federweg 200 mm / 200 mm
- Fahrwerk Fox 40 Factory RAD / Fox Float X2 Factory
- Laufräder e*thirteen LG1 Race/ 27,5″ / Carbon
- Reifen Onza Aquila / Tubeless-Aufbau / Flat Tire Defender
- Lenker Renthal Fatbar Carbon / 31,8 mm Klemmung / 780 mm Breite
- Bremsen TRP Quadiem G-Spec / 203 mm Scheiben
- Schaltung SRAM Xo1 DH / e*thirteen Kassette / 1 x 7
Erfolge
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
- 10th place, 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada
- 34th place, 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Bromont, Quebec, Canada
- 1st place, MSC #7 Snowmass G3 Downhill
- 1st place, MSC #9 MSC Gravity Finals Downhill
- 8th place, 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #8 Schladming, Austria
2009
- 17th place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 14th place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 La Bresse, France
- 16th place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Vallnord, Andorra
- 9th place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Fort William, Scotland
- 14th place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Maribor, Slovenia
- 1st place, USAC National Downhill Championships, Sol Vista Colorado, United States
- 3rd place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada
- 5th place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #7 Bromont, Canada
- 1st place, MSC #3 Blast the Mass Downhill, Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States
- 21st place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Stromlo, Canberra, Australia
- 4th place, 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #8 Schladming, Austria
2010
- 2nd place, Sea Otter Classic Downhill
- 7th place, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Maribor, Slovenia
- 1st place, IXS German Cup, Winterberg, Germany
- 4th place, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Fort William, Scotland
- 3rd place, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Leogang, Austria
- 24th place, MSC #3 Blast the Mass Downhill, Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States
- 1st place, MSC #4 Blast the Mass Downhill, Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States
- 1st place, USAC National Downhill Championships, Sol Vista Colorado, United States
- 8th place, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Champerey, France
- 14th place, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Val di Sole, Italy
- 4th place, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 Windham, New York State, United States
- 4th place, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada
2011
- 1st place overall for the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series
- 1st place, 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 5th place, 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Fort William, Scotland
- 1st place, 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Leogang, Austria
- 1st place, 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada
- 1st place, 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Windham, New York, USA
- 3rd place, 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 La Bresse, FRA
- 1st place, 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #7 Val di Sole, ITA
- 1st place, US Open
2012
- 1st place overall for the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series
- 2nd place, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 3rd place, Sea Otter Classic Downhill
- 2nd place, Port Angeles Grand Prix Downhill
- 1st place, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Val Di Sole, Italy
- 1st place, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Fort William, Scotland
- 1st place, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Mont Saint Anne, Canada
- 1st place, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Windham, United States
- 5th place, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 Val D’Isere, France
- 83rd place 2012 UCI MTB World Championships, Leogang, Austria
- DNF, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #7 Hafjell Bike Park, Norway
2013
- 1st place, Sea Otter Classic Downhill Monterey, California, United States
- 20th place, 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Fort William, Scotland
- 6th place, 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Val di Sole, Italy
- 10th place, 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Vallnord, Andorra
- 1st place, USAC National Downhill Pro Championships, Angel Fire New Mexico United States
- 5th place, 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Mont Saint Anne, Canada
- 67th place, UCI MTB World Championships 2013 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
2014
- 1st place, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 4th place, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Cairns, Australia
- 4th place, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Fort William, Scotland
- 78thplace, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Leogang, Austria
- 1st place, USAC National Downhill Pro Championships, Angel Fire New Mexico, United States
- 6th place, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Mont Saint-Anne, Canada
- 2nd place, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 Windham, New York State, United States
- 6th place, 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #7 Meribel, France
- 14th place, UCI MTB World Championships 2014 Hafjell Bike Park, Norway
2015
- 1st place overall for the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series
- 1st place, 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Lourdes, France
- 1st place, Sea Otter Classic Downhill Monterey, California, United States
- 2nd place, 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Fort William, Scotland
- 1st place, 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Leogang, Austria
- 8th place, 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Lenzerheide, Switzerland
- 1st place, USAC National Downhill Pro Championships, Mammouth California, United States
- 7th place, 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Mont Saint-Anne, Canada
- 1st place, 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 Windham, New York State, United States
- 1st place, 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #7 Val di Sole, Italy
2016
- 1st place, Overall for the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 1st place, 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Lourdes, France
- 4th place, 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Cairns, Australia
- 2nd place, 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Fort William, Scotland
- 1st place, 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Leogang, Austria
- 2nd place, 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada
- 1st place, Maillot USA National Mountain Bike Championships – Downhill
- 55th place, 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #7 Vallnord, Andorra
2017
- 1st place overall for the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series
- DSQ, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #1 Lourdes, France
- 2rd place, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #2 Fort William, Scotland
- 1st place, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #3 Leogang, Austria
- 5th place, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #4 Vallnord, Andorra
- 51st place, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #5 Lenzerheide, Switzerland
- 1st place, 2017 USAC National Downhill Pro Championships Snowshoe West Virginia, United States
- 1st place, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #6 Mont Saint Anne, Canada
- 1st place, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup #7 Val di Sole, Italy
- 3rd place, 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Cairns, Australia
2018
- 1st place, Mercedez-Benz UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup Lošinj 2018
