Martin Söderström
 Söderström, Adrenaline City Cup 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 June 1990 Uppsala, Sweden |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Freestyle Mountain Bikes |
| Role | Mountain bike legend |
| Rider type | Slopestyle, Freeride |
Martin Söderström (4 March 1990) is a professional Freeride mountain bike rider from Uppsala, Sweden.
He announced retirement from professional riding in August 2022.
In 2007 he won the Åre Slopestyle competition.[1] In 2012 and 2013 he placed 2nd overall in the FMB World Tour.[2] In 2013 he competed in Munich X-Games Slopestyle event finishing 6th overall out of 16 riders. In 2013 he took 2nd at Red Bull Joyride, but was seriously injured on his final ride; he was injured again shortly before the 2014 event.[3]
In 2013 and 2014 he hosted an invitational meet in his hometown of Uppsala where fellow swede and good friend Anton Thelander won.[4][5][6]
Between 2012 and 2014, he won some medals at the FISE (2 second place).[2]
He has nowadays been getting closer to the Mountain Bike Racing scene in a new discipline called "Speed and Style". He has won some medals. He won a first, a second and a third place between 2018 and 2019.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Martin Söderström". Red Bull.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Martin Soederstroem". FMB. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Martin Soderstrom's Crankworx comeback". Bike. 28 March 2015.
- ^ Modin, Jenny (23 September 2013). "Anton Thelander utmanar världsettan" (updated 28 September 2013) (in Swedish). SVT.
- ^ Berander, Hedda (26 September 2013). "Dags för Martin Söderström Invitational". Freeride.se (in Swedish).
- ^ Andersson, Gustav (12 September 2014). "Världseliten gästar Uppsala". Uppsala Nya Tidning (in Swedish).