Tarek Rasouli

Tarek Rasouli (* 1974 ) is a former German BMX and mountain bike professional freerider. He has been paralyzed since an accident in 2002. Since then he has been organizing freeride events with his own company. Rasouli is considered a "legend among bikers and freeriders" and was "one of the most famous mountain bikers".

Life

Tarek Rasouli grew up in Munich . In 1983, at the age of nine, he started riding BMX bikes. He is constantly improving; in the early 1990s he became a member of the "University of BMX" training camp with which he trained in the USA. After graduating from school, he went back to the United States to take part in competitions. Around 1994 he switched from BMX bikes to mountain bikes (MTB). Rasouli wins the Munich city championship, the Württemberg Cup, becomes Bavarian champion and German champion.

Because of his appearance, Rasouli was also photographed as a model for advertising, catalogs and calendars. He and his friend Igor Obu appear together in show events, where they jump 24 people or a height of 1.07 meters.

In the Canadian town of Sunpeaks on July 23, 2002 an accident occurs during the shooting of a film in "Whistler Bike Peak": after jumping 17 meters, Rasouli realizes that he has jumped too far. He lets go of the bike and lands on his feet from a height of six meters, breaking his first lumbar vertebra. Since then he has been paraplegic.

After a long period of rehabilitation, Rasouli founds his own company in which he organizes events with three employees. Today he also writes for magazines and is Vice President of the Freeride Mountain Bike Association.

Web links

Official website
Tarek Rasouli in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ egofm.de of May 2, 2010: Tarek Rasouli: "Always higher, always further!" ( Memento from July 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Sabine Buchwald: Before and after: Tarek Rasouli was one of the most famous mountain bikers in the world and was often in front of the camera. He had an accident ten years ago and has been paraplegic ever since. But bike sport still determines his life , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung October 5, 2012, p. R 6
↑ 2006, Tarek Rasouli on "University of BMX" August 2006 , accessed November 22, 2012.
↑ freeride-magazine.com from April 13, 2011: Five wildcards for Red Bull District Ride 2011 ( Memento from January 23, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

personal data
SURNAME	Rasouli, Tarek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German BMX rider and freerider
DATE OF BIRTH	1974

[1] .de of May 2, 2010: Tarek Rasouli: "Always higher, always further!" ( Memento from July 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Sabine Buchwald: Before and after: Tarek Rasouli was one of the most famous mountain bikers in the world and was often in front of the camera. He had an accident ten years ago and has been paraplegic ever since. But bike sport still determines his life , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung October 5, 2012, p. R 6

[3] 2006, Tarek Rasouli on "University of BMX" August 2006 , accessed November 22, 2012.

[4] reeride-magazine.com from April 13, 2011: Five wildcards for Red Bull District Ride 2011 ( Memento from January 23, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )