 Llanes jumping doubles at Sea Otter Classic DH race | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tara Janelle Llanes |
| Nickname | T or T-Rock |
| Born | November 28, 1976 West Covina, California, United States |
| 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) | |
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]
- ^ espn.go Winter X 1999 biography
- ^ American BMXer November 1990 Vol.12 No.10 pg.22