Jill Kintner

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

PERSONAL DATA

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

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
• 2010, Mountain Bike National Championships, Downhill, 1st Place
• 2010, Sea Otter Slalom Champion
• 2010, US Open Giant Slalom Champion
• 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.

RELATED POSTS

Transition Bike’s Factory Race Team for 2010!

12.31.09 | by katefranklin

Transition Bikes is pleased to announce the launch of their highly anticipated Factory Race program! To aid in this new direction Transition has hired Lars Sternberg as an athlete, and team director. Joining Lars on the squad is the world renowned duo of Jill Kintner, and Bryn Atkinson. In her first year racing professional Downhill, Jill will bring the fitness and (read more)

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Been Waiting for This One: Women of Dirt! With Seattle Premiere…

11.24.09 | by stantoncompany

Hometown legend Jill Kintner, who missed being World Champion this year by a mascaraed eyelash, will be featured in the worldwide premiere of "Women of Dirt," a long-awaited film focusing on the world of women mountain bikers. It’ll happen Feb. 5th at the Northwest Film Forum theater on Capitol Hill, 12th Avenue between Pike and Pine. Here’s hoping Jill herself will (read more)

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Jill Kintner takes silver medal at World MTB Championships

9.4.09 | by stantoncompany

Australians Jared Graves and Caroline Buchanan claimed a golden double in the four-cross events at the UCI world mountain bike championships in Canberra, Australia Friday. Americans Jill Kintner and Melissa Buhl took silver and bronze, respectively, in the women's four-cross behind Buchanan. Graves and Buchanan won Australia's first medals of the championships after each went through the night session undefeated before holding (read more)

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Jill Kintner once again fastest grrrl on mountain

7.18.09 | by stantoncompany

Seattle native Jill Kintner, continuing a remarkable comeback year after knee surgery following her Olympic BMX medal last season, won the national 4-cross title late Saturday at the Mountain Bike Nationals in Sol Vista, Colo. Kintner bested arch-rival Melissa Buhl for the title, with Kathy Pruitt placing third. Congrats once again to Jill, who with her victory at the US Open (read more)

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Jill Kintner takes 1st at the Mountain Bike World Cup event

6.8.09 | by stantoncompany

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)

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