Jared Graves

Jared Graves

Personal information
Born	(1982-12-16) 16 December 1982 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current team	Yeti Cycles
Discipline	Mountain bike (Enduro, Downhill and 4X) BMX
Professional teams
2002	Orange/Madcatz
2003	Ironhorse/Madcatz
2004-2015	Yeti/Fox Racing Shox Factory team
2016-2019	Specialized Factory Racing
2020-Current	Yeti/Fox Racing Shox Factory team
Medal record Men's mountain bike racing Representing Australia World Championships 2009 Canberra Four-cross 2005 Livigno Four-cross 2010 Mont-Sainte-Anne Four-cross 2013 Pietermaritzburg Downhill

Jared Graves (born 16 December 1982 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian cyclist who has represented Australia in BMX, four-cross (4X), and downhill mountain biking. In 2006, he finished second in the mountain bike 4x world cup series. In 2008 he finished second in the BMX world cup series and was selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished sixth.

Graves became 4X World Cup champion in 2009, winning 5 from 8 rounds. On 4 September 2009 he won the UCI 4X World Championship in Canberra, Australia. He won the 2010 UCI 4X World Cup series winning 4 from 6 rounds, then won the silver medal at the 2010 4X World Championships At Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada after leading the final all the way until making a mistake and being passed on the final corner. Graves also won the 2011 4X World Cup title winning 3 from 5 Rounds. Graves rides for Yeti Cycles. Graves is widely regarded as the best four-cross racer of all time.

Graves has turned his focus to the fastest growing discipline and arguably the discipline enjoying the most popularity in mountain bike racing for 2013, enduro. He has had a strong start to the season with wins at the traditional international season opening event, the Sea Otter Classic in California. He has finished top at almost all the 2013 Enduro World Series events, including a win at round 5 of the series during the Whistler Crankworx festival, and has finished the season as the number 2 ranked enduro racer in the world. He then jumped back into downhill racing at the end of the season went on to place 3rd at the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

In 2014 Graves won 3 of the 7 rounds of the Enduro World Series (Valloire, France, round 3 - Winter Park, USA, round 5 - and whistler, Canada, round 6) as well as 2 second-place finishes (round 1 and 7), a 5th (round 4) and a 9th (round 2) to become the 2014 Enduro World Champion.

In December 2015 it was announced that Graves would join the Specialized Racing Factory Enduro Team for 2016.

References

• Australian Olympic Committee profile

External links

• Jared Graves at UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
• Jared Graves at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Jared Graves at Olympedia (archive)
• Jared Graves at Olympics.com
• Jared Graves at the Australian Olympic Committee