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Australian BMX rider (born 1990)

Vince Byrom
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NationalityAustralian
Born (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 34)
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Vince Byron (born 11 May 1990) is an, Australian BMX rider. He wins 14 medals at X-Games and he will specialize in BMX skin flute and Big Willy.

Contest history

Before his X Games success he won two third place at the X Games in 2007 and 2008. He won the gold at T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds Vert in 2010. It is at Dew Tour where his successes begin, he won some medals (two second place, two third place and one first place). He is a Mega Ramp (or Big Air) specialist. He won a 2nd place and 3rd place in 2011.

Byron has competed in numerous X Games, most recently competing in the 2017 X Games where he took another Gold medal in Vert and Silver medal in Big Air. At the 2015 X Games, Byron won the gold in the BMX Vert, beating nine-time winner Jamie Bestwick. Byron has also won gold four times at the KIA World Extreme Games. He also won the Vert Mission in 2017. At the 2014 event, Byron became the first person to ever land a 540 flair in a vert competition.

X Games Medal Count: 4 Gold, 6 Silver, 4 Bronze

References

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  2. ^ 2011 Nescau MegaRamp, Sao Paulo; 2011 Air in the Square, MegaRamp ASA Triples; 2011 MegaRamp Open, Woodward West; 2011 Kia Asian X Games, Shanghai; 2011 Kia Asian X Games, Shanghai; 2010 T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds, Berlin; 2010 Alli Dew Tour, Las Vegas; 2010 MegaRamp ASA BMX Triples, Sacramento; 2010 Alli Dew Tour, Portland. "Vince Byron – ASA Entertainment". Retrieved 30 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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