Jill Kintner

2008 OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST, BMX
3-TIME MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPION, 4X

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

BMX, 1989-2002, 2007-8
- 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- 2008 National Champion
- 70+ BMX Career Wins
- US National Champion- PRO ‘02
- ABA World Champion- PRO ‘02
- UCI World Champion- 16 girls ‘97

MOUNTAIN BIKE, 2002-7
- 3-Time UCI World Champion- 4x
- 2-Time UCI World Cup Champion
- 13 World Cup Victories
- 3-Time US National Champion
- 2-Time Jeep King of the Mountain
- 4-Time Crankworx Champion
- 3- Time Sea Otter Classic Champion
- Norba Series Champion
- Australian Series Champion

BACKGROUND

Jill Kintner is one of the most dominant female cyclists in the world. With every title in 4x Mountain biking, and every major title in BMX, Jill has prevailed across two sports.

4X is a very fast, often furious, gravity fed sprint on a mountain bike (typically lasting around 60 seconds or so) down hilly, twisting, obstacle-dotted courses involving four riders racing head-to-head. The sport is like a hybrid between BMX and downhill mountain bike racing, an abrupt, frantic test of agility over varying terrain.

After a 5-year focus on mountain biking, Jill is returning to BMX to attempt to qualify for the US Olympic Team. The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing will be the first time BMX will be an Olympic sport.

Jill began racing BMX in 1989 at age 8, turned pro at age 16, went into pro mountain bike racing in 2002 at 21, and now competes in both sports internationally.

RELATED POSTS

More than 20,000 spectators turned out for the Mountain Bike World Cup event near Fort William over the weekend, which involved more than 300 riders. The competition, one in a series of 12, has been voted the best mountain bike event in the world three years running. It was held at the Nevis range ski area and in the Leanachan Forest. The men's (read more)

Jill Kintner featured on Fox Business News

5.20.09 | by stantoncompany

Jill Kintner on Two-Wheeled Fun! Check out Jill Kintner on Fox Business News talking about her sponsors, bikes, racing and recovery. Please click here to see the video. Souce: foxbusiness.com

Jill Kintner is back on top!

5.3.09 | by stantoncompany

American Jill Kintner (Red Bull-Intense) came back from a disappointing first round to decisively put herself back into the fight for the women's World Cup. Anneke Beerten (Suspension Center) held onto the women's overall series lead after finishing third. Kintner's run to the final wasn't quite as smooth. After winning her (read more)

What happens when you handpick nine action-sports athletes, give them a scrabble board and let them play with their own set of words? The game scrabble, the twist, each athlete reached into the bag and drew seven tiles.  He or she then played a word that met one of two criteria. 1) The word in some way already relates to action (read more)

Jill Kintner takes 2nd at Sea Otter Classic

4.18.09 | by stantoncompany

Monterey, CA Buhl marched steadily throughout her rounds, dispatching her competition handily until she met more of a challenge in Jill Kintner, who was returning to gravity mountain biking after dedicating last year to racing Olympic BMX. Buhl seemed to have the first heat of the final won easily, but she still pushed her pedals until the very end to get (read more)