| Brandon Semenuk | |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Whistler, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height: | 6inchesft1inchesin (ftin) |
| Weight: | 176lb |
| Currentteam: | Red Bull Trek Subaru Motorsports |
| Discipline: | Freestyle Mountain Bikes, Rally Motor Racing |
| Role: | Stunt performer |
| Ridertype: | Slopestyle, Freeride, Freestyle BMX |
Brandon Semenuk (born 2 February 1991) is a Canadian freestyle mountain biker and rally racer from Whistler, British Columbia. Semenuk is a five-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Champion.[1] He is a five-time Red Bull Joyride winner, X-Games Real MTB Gold Medalist (2021), and X-Games Silver medalist (2013) in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event. He won the Red Bull Rampage in 2008, 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024 – the first person to win Rampage five times. He is known to be "always emulated, never imitated" and is known as one of the best slopestyle/freeride mountain bikers in history. Semenuk won the 2022 and 2023 American Rally Association National championship.[2]
Semenuk grew up in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, where he started out in cross-country cycling, competing in the BC Cup for the first time at the age of 9. He also competed in Four-Cross early in his career. At the age of 15, while riding his local jumps, Semenuk's talent was spotted by Andrew Shandro. Shortly thereafter, Shandro offered Semenuk a professional contract with Trek[3]
In Slopestyle MTB, he took home gold and silver medals from X-Games (2013) and (2021). He won Red Bull Joyride in 2011,[4] and also in 2013,[5] 2014,[6] 2015[7] [8] and 2017,[9] and is a five-time Red Bull Rampage winner, being the only athlete to accomplish this feat. For the 2015 mountain bike movie unReal, he was filmed in a one shot segment that went viral on the internet.[10] [11]
Semenuk has also been interested in rally driving since a young age, and as of April 2020, was welcomed to the Subaru Motorsports rally team alongside Travis Pastrana.[12] He earned his first professional rally win on 5 October 2020, at the Missouri Show-Me Rally.[13] On 15 October 2022, Semenuk became the 2022 American Rally Association presented by Dirtfish National Champion.[14]