Men"s U.S. Olympic Mountain Bike Athletes
Jeremiah Bishop
DOB: March 9, 1976
Hometown: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Teams: Bike Doctor Cannondale, K2/New Sun, Trek VW, Monavie Cannondale, Cannondale Factory Racing
Experience: Bishop won 1st place at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 3rd place at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, 4th place at the 2011 Olympic Test Event in Hadleigh Farms, Great Britain, 8th place at the 2006 World Championships in Rotarua, New Zealand, and 19th place at the 2011 UCI Marathon World Championships in Montello, Italy
Fun fact: In high school, Jeremiah Bishop wanted to try out for the football team.
He included mountain biking part into his training routine and fell in love with the trails instead.
Michael Broderick
DOB: December 23, 1973
Hometown: Chilmark, Massachusetts
Team:Kenda-Seven-NoTubes
Experience: Broderick placed 68th at the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, Switzerland, 41st at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Saint Anne, Quebec, Canada, 65th at the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Canberra, Australia, 60th at the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Fort William, Great Britain, 42nd at the 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Livigno, Italy, 55th at the 2004 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Les Gets, France, and 70th at the 2003 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Lugano, Switzerland.
Fun fact: Broderick’s wife is two-time Olympic mountain biker Mary McConneloug.
Adam Craig
DOB: August 15, 1981
Hometown: Corinth, Maine
Teams: Giant Bicycles
Experience: In addition to a multitude of career highlights, Craig competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Fun fact: Craig won the Single Speed Mountain Bike World Championships in 2007, a mountain bike race unrecognized by the International Cycling Union (UCI). His prize? A customary commemorative tattoo.
Stephen Ettinger
DOB: April 28, 1989
Hometown: Cashmere, Washington
Teams:Arlberg Sports/Specialized, Mafia/Felt/Pabst, BMC Mountainbike Development Team USA, BMC Mountainbike Team
Experience: Ettinger placed 13th at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, 34th at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada, 67th at the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Fort William, United Kingdom and did not finish the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, Switzerland.
Fun fact: Ettinger originally attended Montana State to ski race as he had grown up nordic skiing for the Pacific Northwest Ski Association.
Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski
DOB: August 8, 1978
Hometown: Boulder, Colorado
Teams: Subaru-Trek
Experience: Horgan-Kobelski was a 2004 Olympic Games, team member in Athens, Greece, a 17-time World Championship team member from 1994 to 2010, a five-time USA Cycling National Cross-Country Champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009), a four-time NCCA Collegiate National Mountain Bike Champion (1997 - 2000), a three-time USA Cycling National Short Track Champion (2001, 2003, 2004), a two-time USA Cycling National Marathon Champion (2009, 2010), a 2004 Pan American Champion in Banos, Ecuador, a 2000 USA Cycling National U23 Mountain Bike Champion in cross-country and a 2000 USA Cycling National U23 Mountain Bike Champion in short track.
Fun fact: Horgan-Kobelski’s wife Heather Irmiger is a professional mountain bike racer on the same team as her husband.
Spencer Paxson
DOB: December 9, 1984
Hometown: Trout Lake, Washington
Teams: Discover Bicycles (2001-04), Balance Bar/Devo – (2005-06), Team S&M (2007-10) Team Keller-Rhorback (road, 2010-11), Kona Bicycles Factory Team (2011-pres.)
Experience: Paxson competed in the 2006 UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Rotorua, New Zealand, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada and 2011 UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Champery, Switzerland.
Fun fact: As a junior track runner in high school, Paxson won the 3,200 meter state championship.
Sam Schultz
DOB:December 11, 1985
Hometown: Missoula, Montana
Teams: Subaru-Trek
Experience: On top of a large amount of career highlights, Schultz is an eight-time World Championship team member, from 2003 – 2010.
Fun fact: Schultz has been quoted as saying, "I have discovered that the more fun I am having the faster I ride. I'm not sure exactly how that works out, but I like it and I'm not going to argue with it."
Todd Wells
DOB: December 25, 1975
Hometown: Kingston, New York
Team/Sponsors: Specialized, Clif Bar, Oakley
Experience: Wells was a US Olympic team member in Athens, Greece in 2004, and in Beijing, China in 2008. He was a US world championship team member from 1996 – 1997 and 2001 – 2010.
Fun fact: Wells is the first person to win professional national titles in cross-country mountain bike, short track cross-country mountain bike and cyclocross in one year.
DOB: March 9, 1976
Hometown: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Teams: Bike Doctor Cannondale, K2/New Sun, Trek VW, Monavie Cannondale, Cannondale Factory Racing
Experience: Bishop won 1st place at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 3rd place at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, 4th place at the 2011 Olympic Test Event in Hadleigh Farms, Great Britain, 8th place at the 2006 World Championships in Rotarua, New Zealand, and 19th place at the 2011 UCI Marathon World Championships in Montello, Italy
Fun fact: In high school, Jeremiah Bishop wanted to try out for the football team.
He included mountain biking part into his training routine and fell in love with the trails instead.
Michael Broderick
DOB: December 23, 1973
Hometown: Chilmark, Massachusetts
Team:Kenda-Seven-NoTubes
Experience: Broderick placed 68th at the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, Switzerland, 41st at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Saint Anne, Quebec, Canada, 65th at the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Canberra, Australia, 60th at the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Fort William, Great Britain, 42nd at the 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Livigno, Italy, 55th at the 2004 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Les Gets, France, and 70th at the 2003 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Lugano, Switzerland.
Fun fact: Broderick’s wife is two-time Olympic mountain biker Mary McConneloug.
Adam Craig
DOB: August 15, 1981
Hometown: Corinth, Maine
Teams: Giant Bicycles
Experience: In addition to a multitude of career highlights, Craig competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Fun fact: Craig won the Single Speed Mountain Bike World Championships in 2007, a mountain bike race unrecognized by the International Cycling Union (UCI). His prize? A customary commemorative tattoo.
Stephen Ettinger
DOB: April 28, 1989
Hometown: Cashmere, Washington
Teams:Arlberg Sports/Specialized, Mafia/Felt/Pabst, BMC Mountainbike Development Team USA, BMC Mountainbike Team
Experience: Ettinger placed 13th at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, 34th at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada, 67th at the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Fort William, United Kingdom and did not finish the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, Switzerland.
Fun fact: Ettinger originally attended Montana State to ski race as he had grown up nordic skiing for the Pacific Northwest Ski Association.
Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski
DOB: August 8, 1978
Hometown: Boulder, Colorado
Teams: Subaru-Trek
Experience: Horgan-Kobelski was a 2004 Olympic Games, team member in Athens, Greece, a 17-time World Championship team member from 1994 to 2010, a five-time USA Cycling National Cross-Country Champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009), a four-time NCCA Collegiate National Mountain Bike Champion (1997 - 2000), a three-time USA Cycling National Short Track Champion (2001, 2003, 2004), a two-time USA Cycling National Marathon Champion (2009, 2010), a 2004 Pan American Champion in Banos, Ecuador, a 2000 USA Cycling National U23 Mountain Bike Champion in cross-country and a 2000 USA Cycling National U23 Mountain Bike Champion in short track.
Fun fact: Horgan-Kobelski’s wife Heather Irmiger is a professional mountain bike racer on the same team as her husband.
Spencer Paxson
DOB: December 9, 1984
Hometown: Trout Lake, Washington
Teams: Discover Bicycles (2001-04), Balance Bar/Devo – (2005-06), Team S&M (2007-10) Team Keller-Rhorback (road, 2010-11), Kona Bicycles Factory Team (2011-pres.)
Experience: Paxson competed in the 2006 UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Rotorua, New Zealand, 2010 UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada and 2011 UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Champery, Switzerland.
Fun fact: As a junior track runner in high school, Paxson won the 3,200 meter state championship.
Sam Schultz
DOB:December 11, 1985
Hometown: Missoula, Montana
Teams: Subaru-Trek
Experience: On top of a large amount of career highlights, Schultz is an eight-time World Championship team member, from 2003 – 2010.
Fun fact: Schultz has been quoted as saying, "I have discovered that the more fun I am having the faster I ride. I'm not sure exactly how that works out, but I like it and I'm not going to argue with it."
Todd Wells
DOB: December 25, 1975
Hometown: Kingston, New York
Team/Sponsors: Specialized, Clif Bar, Oakley
Experience: Wells was a US Olympic team member in Athens, Greece in 2004, and in Beijing, China in 2008. He was a US world championship team member from 1996 – 1997 and 2001 – 2010.
Fun fact: Wells is the first person to win professional national titles in cross-country mountain bike, short track cross-country mountain bike and cyclocross in one year.
