Luc Ackermann

Luc Ackermann, 2016

Luc Ackermann (born January 6, 1998 in Mühlhausen ) is a German freestyle motocross driver.

Private

As the second son of Melitta and Dirk Ackermann (a nursery family), he grew up in Mühlhausen in the Unstrut-Hainich district . He attended grammar school in Großengottern .

Career

Ackermann at the Night of the Jumps 2016 in Berlin

Luc Ackermann was introduced to motocross by his older brother Hannes Ackermann . In 2005 he began his first attempts in freestyle; unlike most motocross athletes, Ackermann started straight away with freestyle and did not find his way through racing. Just a year later, he landed his first backflip on the minibike.

In 2009 he took part in the German Flight Club series and caused excitement in the German FMX scene with a 6th place overall. In 2010 he was able to top this success and took 4th place. Stefan Raab became aware of Ackermann and invited him to his show TV Total in the same year because he had set a world record with the "youngest motorcycle backflip" at the Night of the Jumps in Cologne in October 2010 . At the age of 12, Ackermann was the youngest freestyle motocross rider to do that.

In addition to his success with the Night of the Jumps series in 2012, Luc set another hallmark of his talent at the Flight Club in Biberach an der Riss . Here he showed a spectacular run with many backflip combinations and landed at the top of the podium for the first time. In the annual overall ranking of the MAXXIS Highest Air Contest of the Night of the Jumps , which was introduced in 2012, Ackermann landed sensationally in second place behind world record holder Massimo Bianconcini . In the same year at the Night of the Jumps in the Kölnarena , Ackermann fell heavily from a height of 9.50 m, crashed his bike onto the landing ramp and broke his shoulder blade in the process . Before this jump he jumped over the 9.00 meter mark and set his second world record. No freestyle motocross rider of his age has ever jumped this high on a motocross motorcycle .

Since 2014, Ackermann has officially been allowed to take part in the Freestyle Contest of the Night of the Jumps (European and World Cup). In the same year he finished 4th at the Red Bull X-Fighters in Munich. As a 16-year-old, it is the best result that a German driver has achieved in the history of the Red Bull X-Fighters series.

At the start of the 2015 season, Ackermann was able to set a first exclamation mark with fourth place at the Night of the Jumps in Linz and Graz ( Austria ). In the Munich Olympic Hall , he won the Lifeproof Best Whip Contest at the Night of the Jumps . In his first contest on the American continent, he took first place at the Xpilots in Monterrey ( Mexico ). His first podium places at the Night of the Jumps came in second and third at the European Championship finals in Hamburg. With that he secured the Vice European Championship.

Records

• 2006: First backflip on the minibike
• 2010: Youngest driver to a motorcycle backflip during the Night of the Jumps in Cologne shows
• 2013: Backflip Guinness Book World Record at the Nitro Circus film premiere in London
• 2017: First double backflip
• 2019: First double backflip train

successes

Only places in the top 5.

2018

• 1st place Night of the Jumps / Freestyle MX European Championship in Mannheim

2016

• 5th place Night of the Jumps / Freestyle MX European Championship in Linz
• 1st place Maxxis Highest Air Contest at the Night of the Jumps in Krakow
• 1st place in the Life Proof Best Whip Contest at the Night of the Jumps in Berlin

2015

• 1st place Xpilots Monterrey in Mexico
• 2nd place Freestyle Motocross European Championship overall ranking
• 2nd place Night of the Jumps in Hamburg
• 1st place in the Lifeproof Best Whip Contest at the Night of the Jumps in Munich
• 1st place in the Lifeproof Best Whip Contest at the Night of the Jumps in Berlin
• 1st place Synchro Contest at the Night of the Jumps in Berlin
• 4th place Night of the Jumps / Freestyle MX European Championship in Graz
• 4th place Night of the Jumps / Freestyle MX European Championship in Linz

2014

• 1st place Maxxis Highest Air at the Night of the Jumps in Mannheim
• 1st place in the Whip Contest at the Night of the Jumps in Shenzhen / China
• 1st place ProAm Jam in Niederdorla
• 4th place Red Bull X-Fighters Munich

2013

• 1st place in the Flight Club in Niederdorla
• 1st place Whip Contest FMX Lübheen
• 2nd place in the Best Trick Contest at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
• 3rd place Maxxis Highest Air - Night of the Jumps in Berlin

2012

• 2nd place Maxxis Highest Air - overall ranking
• 1st place Maxxis Highest Air - NIGHT of the JUMPs Basel
• 2nd place Maxxis Highest Air - NIGHT of the JUMPs Cologne
• 1st place at Flight Club Biberach

2010

• 4th place overall flight club series

Web links

Commons : Luc Ackermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Luc Ackermann's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Eder: The daring child prodigy on his flying box. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 21, 2014, accessed on April 13, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Christina Scholten: Schoolyard star: Motocross driver Luc Ackermann. Unicum , December 3, 2012, accessed April 13, 2016 . 
3. ↑ SID: FMX duel of the Ackermanns brothers: "We become adversaries". In: Focus Online. November 22, 2014, accessed April 13, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Christoph Becker: Motocross pilot Luc Ackermann: “You don't know if it's going well”. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 31, 2014, accessed on April 13, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Luc Ackermann: Official RedBull athlete profile. Red Bull Germany, accessed April 13, 2016 . 
6. ↑ TV total broadcast from November 17th, 2010. BRAINPOOL Artist & Content Services GmbH, accessed on April 13, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Biography: Luc Ackermann. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; accessed on April 13, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ B. Sack, M. Windisch, M. Kaspers: Motorrad-Star (14) falls from a height of 9.50 meters. In: Bild Online. Axel Springer SE, October 8, 2012, accessed on April 13, 2016 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} SID: Red Bull X-Fighters in Munich. Youngster Ackermann in fourth place in debut. In: tz Online. tz München GmbH & Co. KG, July 20, 2014, accessed on April 15, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Isa Glowacki: A 16-year-old caused a sensation at X-Fighters. In: kurier.at. Telekurier Online Medien GmbH & Co KG, July 21, 2014, accessed on April 15, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Luc Ackermann fourth at Red Bull X-Fighters. In: tourenfahrer.de. Reiner H. Nitschke Verlags GmbH, July 21, 2014, accessed on April 15, 2016 . 
12. ^ SID: Night of the Jumps: Luc Ackermann in Krakow sixth. (No longer available online.) Handelsblatt, March 13, 2016, archived from the original on April 13, 2016 ; accessed on April 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.