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02-05-2016, 08:10 AM
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Police in America say veteran X Games biker Dave Mirra has died aged 41.
Officers in the US state of North Carolina say his body was found early on Thursday with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dave Mirra was a former BMX champion and one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history.
He won a medal every year from 1995 to 2008, picking up 14 golds. His one-time record of 24 career medals was only broken in 2013 by Bob Burnquist.
Only Shaun White won more X Games gold medals than him.
He also hosted MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge and had two video games - Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 1 and 2.
The BMX champion's achievements included landing the first double backflip in 2000 and a 360 no-handed backflip in 2009.
More recently he'd started competing in triathlons and qualified for the Ironman World Championship in Canada in 2014.
"Ironman competitions are an entirely different ballgame," he told Sports Illustrated.
"The level of competition is much higher, and there are way more athletes.
"It was extremely satisfying to look around and see what I consider the best athletes in the world as my competition."
Authorities say they responded to an apparent suicide and discovered Dave Mirra's body in a truck.
They say he'd been visiting friends in the area.
Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas called Dave Mirra "a great friend and wonderful human being".
"We mourn the loss today of a great friend and wonderful human being who touched the lives of so many around the world with his gift," he said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVxBSgxgkI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35499591/veteran-x-games-biker-and-bmx-star-dave-mirra-dies-in-north-carolina-aged-41
Police in America say veteran X Games biker Dave Mirra has died aged 41.
Officers in the US state of North Carolina say his body was found early on Thursday with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dave Mirra was a former BMX champion and one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history.
He won a medal every year from 1995 to 2008, picking up 14 golds. His one-time record of 24 career medals was only broken in 2013 by Bob Burnquist.
Only Shaun White won more X Games gold medals than him.
He also hosted MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge and had two video games - Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 1 and 2.
The BMX champion's achievements included landing the first double backflip in 2000 and a 360 no-handed backflip in 2009.
More recently he'd started competing in triathlons and qualified for the Ironman World Championship in Canada in 2014.
"Ironman competitions are an entirely different ballgame," he told Sports Illustrated.
"The level of competition is much higher, and there are way more athletes.
"It was extremely satisfying to look around and see what I consider the best athletes in the world as my competition."
Authorities say they responded to an apparent suicide and discovered Dave Mirra's body in a truck.
They say he'd been visiting friends in the area.
Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas called Dave Mirra "a great friend and wonderful human being".
"We mourn the loss today of a great friend and wonderful human being who touched the lives of so many around the world with his gift," he said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVxBSgxgkI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35499591/veteran-x-games-biker-and-bmx-star-dave-mirra-dies-in-north-carolina-aged-41