Tarah Gieger Wygle
Gieger in 2011
Personal information
Born (1985-09-18) September 18, 1985
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight135 lb (61 kg)
Sport
CountryPuerto Rico
SportMotocross
Medal record
Summer X Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Los Angeles Supermotocross
Silver medal – second place 2010 Los Angeles Supermotocross
Silver medal – second place 2011 Los Angeles Supermotocross
Silver medal – second place 2011 Los Angeles Enduro X
Silver medal – second place 2012 Los Angeles Moto X Racing
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Foz do Iguaçu Enduro X
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Los Angeles Enduro X

Tarah Gieger (born September 18, 1985) is a Puerto Rican female professional motocross racer.[1][2][3]

Early years

Gieger's parents moved to Puerto Rico from Florida, where they established a surf shop.[4][5] Gieger was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. She began practicing surfing, but switched to motorcycles when she was 10 years old.[6] She began riding them in the mountains of San Sebastián where crowds gather to practice.[5]

Professional career

In 2003, Gieger began racing professionally.[1][7] Gieger won Loretta Lynn AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship titles in 2004, 2006, and 2007.[8] Also in 2007, she became the first female racer ever to compete in the Motocross des Nations.[3][7] In 2008, Gieger won the first women's supercross event at the X Games XIV.[1][2][7]

The following year, a broken wrist prevented Gieger from being among the medalists of the X Games. On March 2010, she joined the Troy Lee Design/Lucas Oil/Honda motocross racing team.[7] After that, she won the silver medal at the women's supercross event at the X Games for two years in a row (2010 and 2011).[9]

In 2013, Gieger finished fourth in the Ford Women's Enduro X Final at the X Games Barcelona.[10] That same year, she was photographed nude for ESPN:The Magazine "Bodies We Want" photo shoot.[11]

Gieger, is the most decorated female athlete in X Games history.[12]

Personal life

Gieger married fellow Nitro Circus member Dusty Wygle on March 10, 2017.[13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 ESPN profile of Tarah Gieger
  2. 1 2 Athlete.com profile Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine of Tarah Gieger
  3. 1 2 Cooler interview with Tarah Gieger
  4. ↑ etnies sponsor profile of Tarah Gieger
  5. 1 2 Piñeiro, Noel (July 27, 2011). "El destino de Tarah Gieger". El Nuevo Día.
  6. ↑ Troy Lee Designs sponsor profile and brief interview of Tarah Gieger
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Tarah Gieger Joins TLD/Lucas Oil/Honda Team", Motorcycle-USA.com
  8. ↑ Loretta Lynn Amateur National Championship Hall of Fame
  9. ↑ "Tarah Gieger Bio". Motorsports. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ Ford Women's Enduro X Results
  11. ↑ "Bodies We Want 2013". ESPN. ESPN.
  12. ↑ "Nitro Circus | Announcing the Pastranaland Pit Bike Championship". Nitro Circus. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  13. ↑ @giegsay. "#weddingwygle". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved July 5, 2018.


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