Rebecca Rusch

Rebecca Rusch
Rusch in 2018
Personal information
Born (1968-08-25) August 25, 1968 (age 56)
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Team information
RoleRider
Major wins
  • World Masters XC Cycling Champion (2010)
  • 3-Time 24 Hour Solo Mountain Bike World Champion (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Gravel Bike Racing World Champion (2015)
  • Iditarod Trail Invitational 350, 1st Woman (2019, 2021)

Rebecca Rusch is an American endurance professional athlete, seven-time World Champion, author, entrepreneur, Emmy Award winner,[1] and motivational speaker.[2] Rusch's career has spanned adventure sports including rock climbing, adventure racing, whitewater rafting, cross-country skiing and mountain biking.[3]

Rusch was nominated to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 2019[4] as well as the inaugural class of the Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame in 2022, and owns seven World Championship titles in multiple sport disciplines.[2][5] Rusch was a member of the US National Whitewater Rafting Team as well as several international adventure racing teams, participating in the Eco Challenge (1997–2002), Primal Quest (2002–2006) and Raid Gauloises (2000, 2002, 2003) series. Since 2013, she has hosted a gravel bike race in Idaho to raise money for charity.[6]

  1. ^ "Rebecca Rusch film, Blood Road, wins Emmy".
  2. ^ a b Parker (August 29, 2023). "World-Class Athlete & Emmy Winner Reveals Fun Event in Sun Valley". KIDO Talk Radio. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  3. ^ MURRAY, GEORGE. "'Movement is Medicine'". Eye on Sun Valley. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  4. ^ Vendetti, Marc (February 6, 2014). "Rebecca Rusch | Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Rebecca Rusch". TheSororityLife.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  6. ^ ORTUNO, DYLAN (August 30, 2023). "Rebecca's Private Idaho rushes into town this weekend with races and more". Idaho Mountain Express Newspaper. Retrieved September 4, 2023.