Marvin Musquin

Marvin Musquin (born December 30, 1989 in La Réole, France) is a French professional motocross and supercross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2004 to 2010 and, has competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 2011 to 2020.[1][2]

Marvin Musquin
Musquin in 2008
NationalityFrench
BornDecember 30, 1989 (1989-12-30) (age 31)
La Réole, France
Motocross career
Years active2004 - present
TeamsKTM
ChampionshipsMX2-GP - 2009, 2010
AMA 250SX East - 2015
Monster Energy Supercross Shootout - 2017
GP debut2005, GP of Germany, Teutschenthal, MX1

Motocross career

In 2004, Musquin won the European Motocross Championship in the 85cc class. He followed this by winning the 2006 125cc Junior World Championship. He competed on a privateer Honda in the 2008 F.I.M. MX2-GP world championship, finishing in 14th place.

Musquin won the 2009 F.I.M. MX2-GP World Championship and, successfully defended his title in 2010 while riding for the KTM factory racing team managed by former world champion Stefan Everts.[3][4][5][6]

Since 2011, Musquin has competed in the 250cc class of the AMA Motocross Championship, finishing the 2013 season in third place overall. In 2014 he won the first Red Bull Straight Rhythm in the 250cc class. In 2015 he won the East Coast Supercross 250MX class Championship. Musquin was also a member of the victorious French 2015 Motocross des Nations team that included Gautier Paulin and Romain Febvre.[7]

In 2016, Musquin finished third behind Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac in the AMA pro Motocross championship. In 2017, he finished second 17 points behind Eli Tomac in the Motocross Championship.[8] He finished 2nd 9 points behind Jason Anderson in the 2018 Monster Energy AMA 450 Supercross Championship.[9]

Musquin currently trains alongside Cooper Webb and Zach Osborne under the stewardship of professional motocross trainer Aldon Baker.

References
  1. "Marvin Musquin MXGP race results". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. "Marvin Musquin AMA results". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. Marvin Musquin results at www.motocrossmx1.com
  4. Red Bull KTM MX2 web page Archived 2010-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "2009 MX2 Overall Standings". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. "2010 MX2 Overall Standings". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  7. "France and USA Battle at Motocross of Nations 2015". redbull.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  8. "2017 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Point Standings". promotocross.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  9. "2018 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship Point Standings". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.


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