Nationality United States Height 1.73 m Name Ryan Villopoto | Bike number # 2 Current team Retired Parents Dan Villopoto | |
Spouse Kristen Brouillard (m. 2011) Marriage location Laguna Beach, California, United States Nominations Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award Similar People Ryan Dungey, James Stewart - Jr, Ken Roczen, Tony Cairoli Profiles | ||
Ryan villopoto story of a champion
Ryan Villopoto (born August 13, 1988 in Poulsbo, Washington) is a former American professional motorcycle racer competing in the AMA Supercross and Outdoor Motocross and MXGP championships. Villopoto competed in the AMA Supercross series and the AMA Lucas Oil Motocross series. The four-time supercross and three-time motocross champion resides in Poulsbo, Washington and raced for Monster Energy Kawasaki in the supercross and outdoor motocross series. His retirement from supercross was announced on January 3, 2015 on the opening day of the 2015 Monster Energy Supercross season.
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While leading the Main of Round 14 at St Louis, Villopoto came up short on a triple jump and leaped from his bike landing hard. His bike dived into the face of the third jump and flipped over several times. Medical workers arrived on the scene and cut Villopoto's racing boot off his foot. Villopoto had to be carried off the track. Further examination revealed a broken right tibia and fibula and surgery was performed to stabilize it. He withdrew from the 2010 series after his Round 14 injury with 266 championship points, leaving him in 4th place by the season's end.
On March 8, 2014, Villopoto won the 450cc Final at Daytona International Speedway. It was his 4th career win at Daytona moving him within one win of Ricky Carmichael's all-time record of five Daytona wins. He had previously won races in Phoenix and Oakland during the Supercross season. On April 5, 2014, Villopoto won the 450cc Main Event at Houston's Reliant Stadium, bringing his total career Supercross All-Time Wins number to 38, making him 5th place overall behind Chad Reed. On April 26, 2014 Villopoto dominated the highly competitive Supercross race at round 16 in New York, Metlife stadium collecting his 6th win of the season (40th of career). He wrapped up his 4th straight Monster Energy Supercross championship with one round remaining in the series.
Villopoto chose to compete in the FIM Motocross World Championship. Ryan withdrew from the series after discovering the injuries sustained from a crash in the Trentino GP were worse than initially realized. In July, Ryan announced his retirement on his official website.