Ned Overend

Ned Overend
Ned Overend signs an autograph at a Specialized demo event, October 2006
Personal information
Full nameEdmund Overend
Born (1955-08-20) August 20, 1955 (age 69)
Taipei, Taiwan
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineMountain bike
Road
RoleRider
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Durango Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Ciocco Cross-country

Edmund ("Ned") Overend (born 20 August 1955) is an American former professional cross-country mountain bike racer.[1] He is a six-time NORBA cross-country mountain bike national champion who became the first-ever cross-country world champion by winning the inaugural UCI Mountain Bike World Championship in 1990.[1][2] Overend was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2001.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c "Ned Overend at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame". mmbhof.org. March 27, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ned Overend at the U.S. Bicycling Bike Hall of Fame". usbhof.org. Retrieved January 4, 2016.