 Llanes jumping doubles at Sea Otter Classic DH race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tara Janelle Llanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | T or T-Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 28, 1976 West Covina, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 lb (49 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Giant Bicycles/Pearl Izumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Bicycle Motocross (BMX) Mountain bike racing (MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Racer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | BMX: Off road MTB: Cross-country, downhill | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Aussie Wear | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Haro/Crupi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Haro Factory Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Rotech | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997-2000 | Team Specialized / Mt. Dew | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Yeti/Pearl Izumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2007 | Giant Bicycles/Pearl Izumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 USA national champion 4x (2004) USA national champion downhill (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tara Janelle Llanes (born November 28, 1976, in West Covina, California[1] United States) is a Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and a wheelchair basketball player whose prime competitive years were from 1990 to 1993. She became a champion Mountain Bike (MTB) racer. She later played wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball for Canada. Her surname is pronounced "Yaw-ness" but for obvious reasons it is often mispronounced "lanes" as in the type of division of a pathway.[2] Llanes is part of the LGBTQ+ community.[3]
- ^ espn.go Winter X 1999 biography
- ^ American BMXer November 1990 Vol.12 No.10 pg.22
- ^ "Out LGBTQ Paralympians at the 2024 Paris Summer Games". OutSports. Retrieved October 13, 2024.