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Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 4 July 1955 | (age 69)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graeme Crosby (born 4 July 1955) is a former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand.[1] A versatile rider, Crosby was equally capable on either four stroke Superbike racers or two stroke Grand Prix racers.[2] He is the only person to have won the Daytona 200, the Imola 200, the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, and the Isle of Man TT.[3]
After his international motorcycle racing career, he returned to New Zealand to become a commercial airline pilot and also competed in touring car racing. Crosby was inducted in to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Motorcycling New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2006.[4][5]
His world championship victory on the Formula One Suzuki demonstrated again that Graeme is the best four stroke rider in the world.
A supremely versatile rider, Crosby holds the unique distinction of having won the Daytona and Imola 200s, the Suzuka 8-hour and the TT.