Mat Rebeaud
Mat Rebeaud (born 29 July 1982) is a Swiss freestyle motocross rider.[1] He was born and raised in Payerne, Switzerland. Mat was raised amongst a motocross family; his grandfather and father raced motocross back in 1965, and Mat started racing at a very young age. in 2002, at the age of 20, Mat decided to chase his childhood dreams and start racing motocross professionally. Through a love of jumping Mat started practicing freestyle tricks and racing started taking a backseat to ramps and dirt hits. Freestyle soon became Mat's life, in 2005 he won the night of the jumps championship, It was the start of Mat's FMX career. Then in 2006 he won the FIM freestyle international motocross world championship.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mat Rebeaud |
| Nickname(s) | Air Mat, |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born | 29 July 1982 Payerne, Switzerland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Freestyle Motocross, Supercross |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
Career Highlights
- 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters series champion
- 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters Germany 1st
- 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid 1st
- 2008 X games 14 Moto X Freestyle silver medal
- 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters Texas 1st
- 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters Rio 2nd
- 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters Mexico City 1st
- 2007 Red Bull X-Fighters series 2nd place
- 2007 Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid 2nd
- 2007 Red Bull X-Fighters Dublin 2nd
- 2006 Red Bull X-Fighters Mexico city 1st
- 2006 Winter X games Moto X best trick silver medal
- 2006 X games 12 Moto X best trick silver medal
- 2006 FIM Freestyle Motocross world champion
- 2005 Night of the jumps championship winner
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References
- "Swiss supervision". ESPN.com. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
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