Jason Connor
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Connor |
| Nickname | Jase |
| Born | February 25, 1988 Auckland New Zealand |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Commencal |
| Discipline | Downhill Mountain Bike |
| Role | Athlete |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2008 | Iron Horse Bicycles |
| 2018 | Rotec Cycles |
| 2019–2020 | Trek Bicycles |
| 2021 | Commencal |
| Major wins | |
 Cycling New Zealand National Series Champion 2019
Official World First, World Record Holder 2020 | |
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Jason Connor (born 25 February 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional Downhill Mountain Biker and community focused ambassador. He competed in the New Zealand National Downhill Series from 2005 to 2022 and has competed in the IXS Cup since 2021. He is an M1 Class National Champion, A World Record Holder, and multi time overall podium finisher in the New Zealand Downhill Series, and National Championships.
Professional career[edit]
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2012[edit]
Connor won his first elite class race in 2012..[1] before suffering a serious injury from a crash [2] at a race later that year.
The crash left him temporarily paralyzed from below his L1 vertebrae for over a week resulting in a 5 year absence from the sport.
2017[edit]
In 2017, Connor returned to racing with a focus on building a team to support younger athletes,[3] and was focused on winning a national title.[1]
2018[edit]
In 2018, Connor returned to racing and launched the race team which would become known as DVS One Pure Racing.[3]
Connor finished 8th"Crankworx » Event Results".</ref> at the inaugural Crankworx Rotorua Festival.
2019[edit]
In 2019, Jason Connor won the Cycling New Zealand National Downhill Series Championship overall title[4]
Connor also finished 4th [5] at the Cycling New Zealand New Zealand National Championships after a mechanical issue left him to finish the race without a chain.[1]
Connor then competed at the 2019 Cranworx Rotorua Downhill qualifying 3rd. Then on 22 March 2019 whilst completing his final practice run, Connor came up short on one of the final doubles resulting in a broken humerus which was also dislocated, and had server tendon and tissue damage.[1]
After an intensive surgery and recovery time, Connor went on to compete at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, Canada with the help of his physio specialist Tomas (Tomas Galdames but failed to overcome the pain and restrictions of his injury, subsequently finishing in 31st [6]
Connor went on to finish 6th [7] in the NZDH Series.
2020[edit]
In 2020, Connor Crashed at the second round of the Cycling New Zealand National Downhill Series[1] after a second place finish [8] at round one in Bluff. The result was a broken clavicle.
He managed to race in the final two races to finish in 3rd overall for the series [9] for the series.
Connor went on to the Crankworx Rotorua Downhill two months on, finishing 4th [10] after a mistake in the mid-section of his finals run.
Connor focused on setting a World First, Official World Record during the covid pandemic with Red Bull NZ[11]. He completed 25.1 kilometres of the Cambridge Velosolutions pump track in a time of 57 minutes and 32 seconds setting the first official pump track endurance world record [12] whilst raising awareness for early detection of breast cancer for the Keep A Breast Foundation. [13]
Connor also finished 3rd overall in the NZDH series to finish off his season in his first year of Open Men
2021[edit]
Connor moved up to the Open Men class at the end of the 2020 season and made a compelling effort to finish 3rd overall [14] in the Mountain Bike NZ New Zealand National Downhill Series in his first full season competing in the Open Men category.
Connor claimed another 4th place finish [15] at the Cycling new Zealand National Championships after another mechanical issue in his final run.[1]
Connor had some impressive results on the international circuit in 2021. The most notable being a 7th place finish at the Copa Catalana DH Cup [16] in Andorra where he pulled back 16 seconds from his qualifying time to finish 7th [17] in the Pro M1 Class.
2022[edit]
Connor managed to claim 3rd place [18] at the Auckland round of the Mountain Bike NZ New Zealand National Downhill Series, and went on to take 4th [19] at the Cycling New Zealand National Championships.
Major titles[edit]
• 2012 – 1st place – Round two of the New Zealand National Downhill Series – Pro Elite Class
• 2019 – 1st place – Mountain Bike NZ New Zealand National Downhill Series overall champion, Pro M1 class
• 2019 – 4th place – Cycling new Zealand National Championships
• 2020 – 3rd place – Mountain Bike NZ New Zealand National Downhill Series overall – Pro M1 class
• 2020 – World First Official World Record with Red Bull NZ
• 2020 – 3rd place – NZDH series overall – Open Men Class
• 2021 – 3rd Place – Mountain Bike NZ New Zealand National Downhill Series overall – Open Men Class
• 2021 – 4th place – Cycling new Zealand National Championships
• 2022 – 4th place – Cycling new Zealand National Championships
Notes[edit]
1. Creator and Manager of the DVS One Pure Racing, youth development team[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Jason Connor". One Pure Racing.
- ↑ https://www.waikatoindependent.co.nz/2013/05/cyclist-down-but-not-out/13399/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Home". One Pure Racing.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1925751790885892&set=pcb.1925752940885777
- ↑ https://www.cyclingnewzealand.nz/assets/Events-/National-Events/MTB-National-Championships/2019-results/2019-National-MTB-Championships-DH-Results.pdf
- ↑ "Results: 2019 Downhill Masters World Champs". 23 August 2019.
- ↑ https://www.nzdownhill.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NZDH-OVERALL-2.pdf
- ↑ https://www.mtbnz.org.nz/_files/ugd/ea6ab7_6c8be805b86549c69ceb58d2ff3aa483.pdf
- ↑ https://www.mtbnz.org.nz/_files/ugd/ea6ab7_394bf7ee712842e591c96795f6281740.pdf
- ↑ "Crankworx » Event Results".
- ↑ https://www.redbull.com/nz-en/pump-track-world-record-attemp
- ↑ "Longest distance completed on a Pump Track bycicle without pedalling or stopping". 28 October 2021.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/watch?ref=search&v=293442975069701&external_log_id=2703092b-523b-4a7d-9b32-12ffc452feab&q=Jason%20Connor%20Official%20World%20Record
- ↑ https://www.mtbnz.org.nz/_files/ugd/b546fd_7c05f43bf4af4a34a478e3826fcaeda5.pdf
- ↑ https://www.cyclingnewzealand.nz/assets/Events-/National-Events/MTB-National-Championships/2021/DHI-2021-Results-ID-54779.pdf
- ↑ "Últimes Classificacions | Federació Catalana de Ciclisme".
- ↑ https://servers.ciclisme.cat/sites/default/files/classificacions/5129650/2categories_final_vallnord21.pdf
- ↑ "MTBNZ Round 2 Dome Valley, 29/01/2022 : : My.race|result".
- ↑ "Male Male Masters 1 - Finals - Torpedo 7 New Zealand DHI National Championships (2022)".
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