Jill Kintner switched to the mountain cross discipline full-time after her BMX retirement early in the 2004 season.
16 Facts About Jill Kintner
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Jill Kintner won races at this event on both day 1 and day 2.
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Jill Kintner began riding BMX bikes during her childhood, as her father owned his own BMX track in Washington.
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Jill Kintner began competing professionally at age 14 and captured more than 70 BMX wins.
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Jill Kintner won her first post-comeback race on her first attempt.
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Jill Kintner relocated to San Diego, California, in order to train at the Olympic Training Center, and won the bronze medal in BMX racing at the 2008 Olympics on August 19.
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Jill Kintner stated it was highly unlikely that she would return for the 2012 Olympics.
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Jill Kintner retired from BMX racing early in the 2004 season at age 22 to pursue a career in mountain-cross aka four-cross racing.
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Jill Kintner claimed she was "bored" with BMX riding and that she felt she had reached her "potential".
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Jill Kintner did race BMX during the 2003 season and participated in the 2003 ABA Grand National, coming in fifth in the Pro Girls event.
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Jill Kintner continued to race BMX sporadically well into 2004, while slowly shifting her concentration to mountain-cross.
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Jill Kintner had previously raced MTB cross country part-time since 1997.
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Jill Kintner raced full-time in 2003 at the age of 21, specializing in the 4X mountaincross discipline.
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Jill Kintner ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in a December 2007 crash.
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Jill Kintner injured the same knee during a training crash in late April 2008.
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Jill Kintner eventually underwent the surgery on October 2,2008.