- Marla Streb
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Marla Streb (born 24 June 1965) is a professional mountain bike racer. She currently rides for the professional trade team Luna Women's Professional MTB Team and Red Bull. Marla is most known for racing downhill, however, she does race XC events and wins such races often. She has twice won the Single Speed World Championship, in 1999 and 2005. She has also written two books, has been featured often on network television and movies, and is currently working on creating mountain bike parks in Costa Rica.
Palmarès
- 1998
- 1st NORBA Series - Seven Springs, PA
- 1st NORBA Series Finals - Durango, Colorado, USA
- Winter X GAMES Champion - Crested Butt, CO
- 1st NORBA Series - Mt. Snow, VT
- 1st Sea Otter Classic - Monterey, CA
- 1999
- Single Speed World Champion - Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA
- 2000
- 1st NORBA Series - Mammoth Mt., CA
- 1st NORBA Series - Deer Valley, UT
- 3rd UCI World Championships - Sierra Nevada, Spain
- 3rd UCI World Cup - Arai, Japan
- 2001
- 1st NORBA Series, Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1st Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, CA
- 2003
- U.S. National Downhill Champion
- World Cup Downhill Finals Champion- Kaprun, Austria
- 1st NORBA Series - Snowshoe, W VA
- 1st NORBA Series - Mt. Snow, VT
- 3rd, UCI World Cup, Mount Ste. Anne, Canada
- 4th, UCI World Cup, Overall Ranking
- 8th, UCI World Championships, Lugano, Switzerland
- 2004
- U.S. National Downhill Champion
- U.S. National Super-Downhill Champion
- 2005
- Single Speed World Champion - State College, PA
- 1st Sea Otter Classic- single speed cross country
- 1st NORBA Super-Downhill - Arizona
- 1st Crankworx Enduro Downhill, Whistler-Blackcomb, BC
External links
- Official Website
- An interview of Marla by Cycling News
- A page about Marla on the website for the film Top Speed
- Red Bull's page on Marla
- An interview on Blue Collar Mountain Biking
- Marla's Blog
Categories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- American cyclists
- Female cyclists
- Downhill mountain bikers
- Single-speed mountain bikers
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- American cycling biography stubs
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