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Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski began mountain bike racing as a 14 year old junior in 1992 and hasn’t looked back since. What began as a school trip in Colorado in 8^th grade has turned into an international passion and lifestyle. Over the course of 17 full seasons of racing JHK has raced in over 30 countries, won 14 National Championships, stood on multiple World Cup and international podiums, and become an American Olympian. 2009 alone saw JHK earn his 5^th National Cross Country Championship, his first Marathon National Championship as well as his 100^th National Series podium appearance. He added 8 more by the end of the year to finish 2009 with 108 on his way to winning the inaugural Pro XC Tour.

Off-the-bike Jeremy attended the University of Colorado where he graduated with high honors and a degree in Applied Mathematics. He won the College of Engineering’s Undergraduate Research award, which he didn’t receive at graduation since he was at a bike race in Europe. He is currently the vice-president of the NORBA board of trustees as well as the athlete representative on the USAC board of directors. He writes a column for the national cycling magazine VeloNews about his travels and racing. In his brief time off-the-bike each year he channels his creative energy and passion for architecture into a new project: www.Studio-Shed.com. He is an avid backcountry skier, and ventures off into Colorado’s high mountains when the snow is too deep to ride in. Jeremy has acquired a love of good food and wine in his world travels, and cooking continues to be a favorite recreational pastime. He has a definite passion for anything two-wheeled and in addition to about a dozen bikes owns three motorcycles: a Ducati Hypermotard, a Ducati Elefant, and a Honda 250 dirt bike. He wishes he could ride these more, but gets out just enough to justify all three of them taking up space at his house in Boulder, CO.

2010 will mark JHK’s 18^th full season of racing. He will contest races around with world and spend over 200 days on the road with the phenomenal support of Subaru and Gary Fisher bicycles. Already America’s most successful domestic racer of the modern era, in 2010 JHK will look to continue to cement his place among the all-time stars of American Mountain Bike racing.

Résumé

2009 Season Highlights

• 1^st U.S. Cross Country National Championships – Sol Vista, CO

• 1^st U.S. Marathon National Championships – Breckenridge, CO

• 1^st U.S. ProXC Tour Overall

• 1^st Teva Games Mountain Bike XC - Vail, CO

• 1^st Iceman Cometh MTB Race, Traverse City - MI

• 1^st Mellow Johnny’s Classic - Austin, TX

• 2^nd U.S. ProXC Tour Short Track Overall

• 3^rd U.S. Short Track National Championship

• 3^rd Pan American Championships - Santiago, Chile

• 20 Career NORBA National Series/NMBS/ProXCT Race Victories

• 108 Career NORBA/NMBS/ProXCT Podium Appearances

Career Highlights

• 1^st 2008 NMBS Cross Country Race #6 - Brian Head, UT

• 5^th 2008 Afxentia Stage Race Overall - Macheras Mountain, Cyprus

• 10^th 2008 UCI World Cup #5 - Mont. Ste. Anne, Quebec

• 11^th 2008 UCI World Cup #6 - Bromont, Quebec

• 2^nd2008 National Mountain Bike Series XC Overall

• 2^nd2008 National Mountain Bike Series STXC Overall

• 1^st 2007 NMBS Cross Country TT Race #1 – Phoenix, AZ

• 1^st 2007 NMBS Cross Country Race #4 – Deer Valley, UT

• 1^st NMBS Short Track XC Race #5 – Sugar Mountain, NC

• 2^nd2007 National Mountain Bike Series XC Overall

• 2^nd2007 National Mountain Bike Series STXC Overall

• 2006 NMBS Cross Country Champion (1^st American in seven years)

• 1^st 2006 NMBS Cross Country Race #2 – Sugar Mountain, NC

• 1^st 2006 NMBS Cross Country Race #3 – Deer Valley, UT

• 1^st 2006 NMBS Cross Country Race #4 – Brian Head, UT

• 1^st 2006 NMBS Short Track XC Race #5 – Snowmass, CO

• 1^st 2006 NMBS Short Track XC Race #4 – Brian Head, UT

• 5^th 2006 UCI World Cup #4 – Ft. William, Scotland

• 10^th 2006 UCI Final World Ranking at 12/31

• 12^th 2006 World Cup Overall

• 1^st 2006 Teva Mountain Games – Vail, CO

• 1^st 2006 Sunshine Cup Race #3 – Afxentia, Cyprus

• 1^st 2005 U.S. National XC Championships – Mammoth Mtn., CA

• 5^th 2005 UCI World Cup Race #4 – Angel Fire, NM

• 2^nd 2005 NMBS Overall XC

• 2^nd 2005 NMBS Overall STXC

• 1^st 2004 U.S. National XC Championships – Mammoth, Mtn., CA

• 1^st 2004 U.S. National STXC Championships – Mammoth Mtn., CA

• 1^st 2004 Pan-American Championships – Banos, Ecuador

• 2^nd 2003 NMBS Overall XC

• 2^nd 2003 NMBS Overall STXC

• 2^nd 2002 NMBS Overall XC

Awards and Titles

• 2009 U.S. National Cross Country Champion

• 2009 U.S. National Marathon Cross Country Champion

• 2009 Pro XC Tour Champion

• 2009 VeloNews Award Winner – Best North American MTB Team

• 2006 NMBS Cross Country Champion

• 2005 U.S. National Cross Country Champion

• 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Member

• 2004 Pan-American Champion

• 5 Time U.S. National Cross Country Champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

• 3 Time U.S. National Short Track Cross Country Champion (2001, 2003, 2004)

• 4 Time NCCA Collegiate MTB National Champion (1997 - 2000)

• 2007 Rocky Mountain News – Denver Post Top-10 Outdoor Athletes in Colorado

• 2000 Under 23 Cross Country National Champion

• 2000 Under 23 Short Track National Champion

• 16 Time U.S. National Mountain Bike Team Member

• 2006 VeloNews Award Winner – North American Cross Country Man of the Year

• 2004 VeloNews Award Winner – North American Cross Country Man of the Year

• 2005 Teva Games Nominee for Mountain Bike Racer of the Year

• 2003 Interbike Nominee for Male Athlete of the Year

• 2000 Mercury Tour – Best Young Rider

• 2000 VeloNews Award Winner – Collegiate Cyclist of the Year

• 1998 VeloNews Award Winner – Collegiate Cyclist of the Year

• 1997-2000 Member NCCA All American Team

Complete résumé and additional media materials available upon request.