Jill Kintner

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

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PERSONAL DATA

Birthdate 10/24/81
Hometown Seattle, WA
Resides San Diego, CA
Height 5'7"

http://www.jillkintner.com

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

MOUNTAIN BIKE (2002-2007)
• 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
BMX (1989-2002)
• 70+ BMX Career Wins
• US National Champion- PRO ‘02
• ABA World Champion- PRO ‘02
• UCI World Champion- 16 girls ‘97

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

Source: THE WATCHER Oprah Winfrey's's PR folks have released the full list of Olympians who will gather in Millennium Park on Wednesday for a special edition of her talk show. The  tickets that were available to the public have already been snapped up (as this Tribune story notes). There will also be some lawn seats available for the 10 a.m. (read more)

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Kintner earns BMX bronze

8.22.08 | by stantoncompany

Source: THE SEATTLE TIMES by Tim Johnson BEIJING — Kirkland's Jill Kintner, banged up and all, comes home with a bronze medal. The debut of BMX on the Olympics stage here Friday morning brought the bronze on the U.S. side in the women's race, and silver and bronze for the men. Kintner, 26, only returned to BMX last year after spending four years (read more)

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Kintner earns BMX bronze

8.22.08 | by stantoncompany

Source: SEATTLE TIMES By Tim Johnson BEIJING — Kirkland's Jill Kintner, banged up and all, comes home with a bronze medal. The debut of BMX on the Olympics stage here Friday morning brought the bronze on the U.S. side in the women's race, and silver and bronze for the men. Kintner, 26, only returned to BMX last year after spending four years focusing (read more)

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Big Day For American BMX Riders As Sport Debuts

8.20.08 | by stantoncompany

Source: USA TODAY By Sal Ruibal

 

BEIJING ? The action sport of BMX bicycle racing made its Olympic debut Wednesday with lots of thrills and spills.

The thrills came from the close-quarters racing that had big people on little bikes elbow to elbow in tight turns and big jumps.

PHOTO GALLERY: Action from Wednesday's BMX

INTERACTIVE (read more)

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BMX Olympic Countdown

8.20.08 | by stantoncompany

Source: ESPN.COM By Alyssa Roenigk On Friday morning in Beijing, BMX medal hopeful Kyle Bennett was walking through the athlete's village when superstar sprinter Tyson Gay skipped down the stairs directly in front of him. On Saturday, Bennett's teammate Donny Robinson had just climbed into an elevator when Nastia Liukin, the women's gymnastics all-around champion, vaulted in before the door could (read more)

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