Marc Willers
Discipline: BMX racingBirthday: 11.09.1985
Nationality: New Zealand
Residence: Cambridge (NZL), Murrieta (USA)
| Sport successes | 2005 | 6th BMX World Championships, Paris |
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| 2006 | 2nd UCI Oceanic Continental series | |
| 2007 |
1st UCI Supercross Frejus, France
1st UCI Oceanic Continental series |
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| 2008 |
2nd UCI Supercross Madrid, Spain
2nd UCI Oceanic Continental series 5th UCI World Ranking series Olympic Semi-finalist |
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| Personality | Quote: “People always ask me what I have sacrificed to get here? I tell them I haven't sacrificed a thing! I chose this way of life, from Las Vegas to Monaco, from Cambridge to California, I'll ride wherever I land, I'll party at every bar, I love every minute of it...” | |
| Specialities | Speed. Quote: “I had always wanted to see how fast I could go on my BMX. One day I found the perfect hill and while sitting just one foot off the rear bumper of my mate’s car, I clocked up 100 km's on the main highway in NZ. It was a mad rush but I know I can go faster...” | |
| Other Interests | Cars, driving them fast, and anything that gives him a rush. | |
At the age of four, Marc's parents were sick of him wrecking himself on the roadside outside their New Zealand home. They took him to the BMX track and he has never looked back.
Winning his first national title at age of ten, he has only lost it twice since laying claim to numerous records along the way. Leaving high school in 2001 he painted cars for three years and after making his first Elite Men World final in 2005 he put down the spray gun and made the decision to ride full time. With countless victories under his belt, the end of 2008 was the right time for him to move to the USA to work towards being the world’s best.
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