Vince Byron Explained

Vince Byrom
Birth Date:11 May 1990
Birth Place:Australia
Nationality:Australian

Vince Byron (born 11 May 1990) is an, Australian BMX rider.[1] He wins 14 medals at X-Games and he will specialize in BMX Vert and Big Air.

Contest history

Before his X Games success he won two third place at the X Games in 2007 and 2008.[2] 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).[3] 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.[4] At the 2015 X Games, Byron won the gold in the BMX Vert, beating nine-time winner Jamie Bestwick.[5] [6] Byron has also won gold four times at the KIA World Extreme Games. He also won the Vert Mission in 2017.[7] At the 2014 event, Byron became the first person to ever land a 540 flair in a vert competition.[8]

X Games Medal Count: 4 Gold, 6 Silver, 4 Bronze[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O'Donnell . Michael . BMX athletes share high-flying stunts and message . Idaho State Journal . 7 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Vince Byron – ASA Entertainment . 2011 Nescau MegaRamp . Sao Paulo . 2011 Air in the Square . MegaRamp ASA Triples . en-US . 30 October 2019 . 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.
  3. Web site: vince byron dew tour - YouTube . www.youtube.com . en . 30 October 2019.
  4. Web site: X Games Austin expectations -- Vince Byron . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081215/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/video/12891823/x-games-austin-expectations-vince-byron . dead . 6 March 2016 . ESPN . 7 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Helmuth . Josh . X Games Austin 2015: Vince Byron Ends Jamie Bestwick’s BMX Streak . Crave Online . 7 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Vince Byron wins gold in BMX Vert . https://web.archive.org/web/20150608001708/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/video/13019091/vince-byron-wins-gold-bmx-vert . dead . 8 June 2015 . ESPN . 7 June 2015.
  7. Web site: Vince Byron Profile Bio: Ranking, Photos, Video . Meronek . Rob . TheBoardr . 30 October 2019.
  8. Web site: Monster Energy's Pierre Luc Gagnon and Vince Byron Dominate Skate and BMX Vert at the KIA World Extreme Games in Shanghai, China . PRWeb . 7 June 2015.
  9. Web site: Vince Byron's official X Games athlete biography . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327171938/http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3015384/vince-byron . dead . 27 March 2019 . X Games . 27 March 2019.