Jill Kintner
2008 OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST, BMX
3-TIME MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPION, 4X
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Birthdate 10/24/81
Hometown Seattle, WA
Resides San Diego, CA
Height 5’7”
http://www.jillkintner.com
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
BMX CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2008, Olympic Games, Bronze Medalist
• 2008, UCI BMX World Champs, Taiyuan, China- 6th Place
• 2008, UCI BMX Supercross- Adelaide, AUS- 5th Place
• 2008,BMX National Championships, Desoto, TX- 1st Place
• 2008, BMX UCI Rounds, West Palm, FL- 1st, 3rd Place
• 2002, NBL BMX National Series Champion
• 2002, ABA BMX National Series, 3rd Place
• 2002, ABA BMX World Champion
• 2002, ABA BMX Race of Champions Winner
• 1999, NBL BMX National Series , 2nd Place
• 1998, UCI BMX World Championship AUS, 3rd, Junior
• 1998, UCI BMX World Cup AUS, 2nd, Junior
• 1997, UCI BMX World Champion
• 1997, NBL BMX National Series - #2.15 Girls
• 1997, NBL BMX National Series - #1.15 Girls
OTHER
• 4 Consecutive National #1 Team titles '98-'01
• 5 Time BMX US Open Champion – ABA
• 6 Time BMX Gold Cup Western Champion- ABA
• 8 Time BMX WA State Champion
MTB CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2009, US National Champion- 4x
• 2009, US OPEN G.S. Champion
• 2009, UCI World Championships, 2nd Place
• 2009, Sea Otter Classic Slalom, 2nd Place
• 2009, World Cup- Houffalize, BEL, 1st Place
• 2009, World Cup- Ft.William, GBR, 1st Place
• 2009, Crankworx Giant Slalom Champion
• 2009, Crankworx Dual Slalom Champion
• 2009, Crankworx Air Downhill, 2nd Place
• 2007, UCI 4X World Champion
• 2007, Crankworx 4X Champion
• 2006, UCI 4X World Champion
• 2006, UCI 4X World Cup Champion
• 2006, US 4X National Champion
• 2006, Jeep King of the Mountain Champion
• 2006, Sea Otter Classic 4X Champion
• 2006, Crankworx 4X Champion
• 2005, UCI 4X World Champion
• 2005, UCI 4X World Cup Champion
• 2005, US 4X National Champion
• 2005, Jeep King of the Mountain Champion
• 2005, Sea Otter Classic 4X Champion
• 2005, Crankworx 4X Champion
• 2005, Australian Series Champion
• 2004, NORBA Series 4X Champion
• 2004, Joyride Festival 4X Champion
• 2004, Crankworx Festival 4x Champion
• 2004, UCI World Championships 4X Silver
• 2004, UCI World Cup Overall 4X - 3rd
• 2004, Jeep King of the Mountain Series - 2nd Place
• 2003, UCI World Championship, Bronze
• 2003, US National Champion
• 2003, NORBA Series Overall - 2nd Place
• 2003, UCI World Cup Overall - 6th Place
TITLES
• 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 BMX, 1989-2002 , 2007- 2008
• 2008 National Champion
• 70+ BMX Career Wins
• US National Champion PRO, 2002
• ABA World Champion PRO, 2002
• UCI World Champion, 1997
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.
Jill recently won the bronze medal in the inaugural Olympic BMX event in Beijing.
4X is a very fast, often furious, gravity fed sprint performed on a mountain bike that typically lasts 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 returned to BMX to attempt to qualify for the US Olympic Team.
A month before the final 2008 Olympic qualifier event, while at the UCI World Championships, Jill tore her meniscus and required surgery. With a successful operation and miraculous recovery, Jill was strong enough to compete in the event after all, earning the points necessary to take the lead among US women and soon to realize that she would likely be the only woman representing the United States as part of the Olympic team.
Jill began racing BMX in 1989 at the age of 8, turned pro at age 16, went into pro mountain bike racing in 2002 at 21, and now competes in both sports internationally.
Jill has lived all over the world including Seattle, Northern and Southern California, New York, Florida and currently owns a house in the Blue Mountains of Australia with GT teammate and boyfriend Bryn Atkinson. Currently Jill is living and training at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego, CA.
Jill was athletic from a young age, playing soccer for a nationally ranked club team, winning several State titles, a regional title, and MVP on her high school team as a freshman. She also played #1 tennis in high school while racing professionally in BMX.
Jill graduated from high school with honors, and studied Graphic Design at Rochester Institute of Technology and the California College of Art.
Jill’s brother is a professional BMX dirt jumper who has competed in major events like the X Games and the Dew Tour.
While she’s not competing, Jill still enjoys riding bikes, but also loves snowboarding, MX, tennis, hiking, golf, ping pong, being in the mountains, graphic design, photography and being home.
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.
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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)
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4.29.09 | by stantoncompany
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)
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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)
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3.29.09 | by stantoncompany
Olympic Bronze Medalist, Jill Kintner took home a 1st place win in her first national competition since knee reconstruction in October, and also her first big race back on the mountain bike this past weekend in San Bernarido County, Fontana.
For more on this story, please click here (read more)
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