Daniel Dhers

Daniel Dhers
Born	Daniel Dhers March 25, 1985 (1985-03-25) (age 26) Caracas, Venezuela
Residence	Caracas, Venezuela

Daniel Dhers (born March 25, 1985, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a professional BMX rider. He is currently sponsored by Red Bull, POC, DC Shoes, KHE Bikes, Albe's Mailorder, and Verizon. Dhers resides in Greenville, North Carolina, known as Protown USA because of the strong concentration of BMX riders that live there, including Dave Mirra.^[1]

Career

Daniel started riding bikes when he was twelve, just to hang out with his friends. In 1998, he went to his first skatepark and rode around. When he was sixteen, he and his parents moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he really started riding in parks and with better riders. In 2003, he entered his first contest, and in 2006, he entered the Dew Action Sports Tour. In 2006, 2007, and 2008 Dhers has won the AST Dew Tour.^[2][3] Daniel Dhers won gold medals at the X Games in 2007,^[4] 2008,^[5] and 2010,^[6] and he was featured on several episodes of the American TV program Nitro Circus.

References

1. ^ Castleberry, Tony (2010-08-23). "Calling Protown Home". Greenville Daily Reflector. http://www.reflector.com/sports/calling-protown-home-45506. Retrieved 2010-08-24. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Thomas, Pete (2007-10-22). "White falls, but still wins trophy". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/22/sports/sp-dewtour22. Retrieved 2010-07-08. 
3. ^ Ruibal, Sal (2009-06-26). "Dew Tour shines single spotlight on BMX". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/action/2009-06-26-dew-tour-bmx_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-08. 
4. ^ Sun, Victoria (2008-08-01). "Dhers embraces challenge at hand at X Games". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-07-31-xgames-dehrs_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-08. 
5. ^ Thomas, Pete; Arritt, Dan (2008-08-03). "To some, nothing super about superpark". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/03/sports/sp-xgames3. Retrieved 2010-07-08. 
6. ^ BMX Freestyle Park Results

External links

• EXPN Bio
• AST Dew Tour Profile

Persondata
Name	Dhers, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	Venezuelan bicycle motocross rider
Date of birth	1985-03-25
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Date of death
Place of death