David "Tinker" Juarez was born on March 4,1961 and is an American former professional BMX and cross-country mountain bike racer.
11 Facts About Tinker Juarez
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Tinker Juarez even graced the April 1980 cover of the magazine, making it one of the first pure freestyle magazine covers by a BMX magazine.
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Tinker Juarez participated in what was call Formula One bicycle racing.
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Tinker Juarez won the first ABA sponsored F-1 series race in Phoenix, Arizona in early 1988.
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In 1986, Tinker Juarez made the switch from BMX to mountain biking.
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Since that time, Tinker Juarez has become a 3-time National Off-Road Bicycle Association cross-country champion and 4-time national champion in the 24-hour solo category.
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Tinker Juarez again represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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In 2005, Tinker Juarez began training for long-distance road racing events.
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Tinker Juarez won the Heart of the South, which is a 500-mile race, and finished second place at the 2005 edition of the Furnace Creek 508, a grueling 508-mile course that covers 35,000 feet of cumulative elevation gain and passes through Death Valley.
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Tinker Juarez came in third in the Men's Solo Enduro division of the RAAM endurance road race on June 22,2006, completing the three thousand mile race which started in 2006 from Oceanside, California and finishing in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Tinker Juarez's finishing time was 10 days, 22 hours and 21 minutes.