Juha Salminen on the german enduro-race Rund um Zschopau 2007

Juha Salminen (born September 27, 1976 in Vantaa) is a Finnish enduro rider. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Geography Location Vantaa encompasses 243 km² of which 190 km² is water Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Enduro is a form of Motorcycle sport run on courses that are predominantly Off-road. He is a 12-time World Enduro Champion and has also won the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) in 2000 (125cc), 2002 (400cc) and 2006 (overall and Enduro 1). The Maxxis FIM World Enduro Championship (WEC is the world championship series for Enduro, a popular form of Off-road Motorcycle sport. ISDE redirects here ISDE also stands for the International Society of Doctors for the Environment. In addition to his own titles, he has won the World Trophy with Team Finland in 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.

After yet another successful season in 2004, Salminen wanted a new challenge and moved to the United States to ride for KTM in the Grand National Cross Country series. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian Motorcycle manufacturer GNCC Racing was founded in the early 1980s It is the premier Off-road Motorcycle and ATV series in He won nine of the series' 13 races and became GNCC Champion in his debut year. He was crowned both "AMA Amateur Athlete of the Year" and "GNCC Rider of the Year", chosen by fellow compettitors. The American Motorcyclist Association is an American not-for-profit organization of more than 280000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns ^[1].

In 2006, Salminen clinched his second GNCC title at the Yadkin Valley Stomp CNCC in Yadkinville, NC. Yadkinville is a town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States. ^[2].

He returned to the World Enduro Championship for the 2007 season, with David Knight replacing him in the KTM factory team in the US. David Knight is an Motorcycle Enduro rider from the Isle of Man. Salminen won the first 12 races of the season, but had to miss out the Slovakian rounds due to breaking his collarbone in a British championship race in Britain. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million He returned to race for the season-ending rounds in France and secured his 12th world title. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. ^[3]

Career

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External links

• Official website