Steve Smith (cyclist)
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| Steve Smith (2009) | |
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| Nickname | Stevie / The Canadian Chainsaw |
| Date of birth | November 25, 1989 |
| date of death | May 10, 2016 |
| nation | Canada |
| discipline | Mountain bike |
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| 2009-2010 2011-2016 |
MS-Evil Racing Devinci-Global Racing |
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Steve "Stevie" Smith (born November 25, 1989 in Cassidy , British Columbia , † May 10, 2016 in Nanaimo , British Columbia) was a Canadian mountain biker .
In 2010, Stevie Smith was runner-up in downhill world champion at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Sainte-Anne , and in 2012 he finished third. In 2013 he became the Canadian champion in mountain bike downhill, was second in the UCI ranking in this discipline and won the World Cup, which consisted of six runs.
In December 2013, Steve Smith was named Canada's Cyclist of the Year . His nickname in the media was The Canadian Chainsaw ('The Canadian Chainsaw').
In May 2016, Smith suffered serious brain injuries in a motorcycle accident. A few days later he died of the consequences in his hometown of Nanaimo.
Web links
- Steve Smith in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. bike.saalfelden-leogang.com, accessed on December 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Heike Oberfeuchtner: Canada: Stevie Smith and Gillian Carleton voted cyclist of the year. 06.live-radsport.ch, December 23, 2013, accessed on December 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Todd Aalgaard: Steve Smith, 'The Canadian Chainsaw', passes away at 26. In: Cycling Magazine. May 10, 2016, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Former World Cup winner Smith dies at age 26. velonews.com, May 10, 2016, accessed on May 11, 2016 (English).
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| SURNAME | Smith, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Stevie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian mountain biker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cassidy , British Columbia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 2016 |
| Place of death | Nanaimo , British Columbia |