Tara Llanes

Tara Llanes
Llanes jumping doubles at Sea Otter Classic DH race
Personal information
Full nameTara Janelle Llanes
NicknameT or T-Rock
Born (1976-11-28) November 28, 1976 (age 47)
West Covina, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight108 lb (49 kg)
Team information
Current teamGiant Bicycles/Pearl Izumi
DisciplineBicycle Motocross (BMX)
Mountain bike racing (MTB)
RoleRacer
Rider typeBMX: Off road
MTB: Cross-country, downhill
Amateur teams
1989–1990Aussie Wear
1990–1991Haro/Crupi
1991–1994Haro Factory Team
1994–1996Rotech
Professional teams
1997-2000Team Specialized / Mt. Dew
2000–2002Yeti/Pearl Izumi
2002–2007Giant Bicycles/Pearl Izumi
Major wins
 USA national champion 4x (2004)
 USA national champion downhill (2006)
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 3x3
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team

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]

  1. ^ espn.go Winter X 1999 biography
  2. ^ American BMXer November 1990 Vol.12 No.10 pg.22
  3. ^ "Out LGBTQ Paralympians at the 2024 Paris Summer Games". OutSports. Retrieved October 13, 2024.