Josh Hansen

Background

100. The son of retired motocross champion Donnie Hansen, he is best known for winning the gold medal for Supercross at the Summer X Games for two consecutive years.

Career

Hansen currently rides a Kawasaki KX 250F for the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit team Josh Hansen was born and raised in Elbert, Colorado. He currently resides in California.

His father, Donnie Hansen, is a former Factory Honda rider with national titles in motocross and Supercross.

Hansen received his first motocross bike at five, and began racing competitively at eight. He spent his early years touring the country with his family, winning numerous amateur titles in national competitions as his father conducted a motocross academy.

At 17, he went professional. The Hansens are the first father-son duo in the American Medical Association Supercross record book

Highlights

2009 Gold medal for Supercross at X Games 15

2008 Gold medal for Supercross at X Games 14

2005 Tied for East Coast Lites Championship.

Achievements

• 2010 Won Super X, The Australian Supercross Championship. 2005 Won American Medical Association 125cc East Region Supercross races at Dayton Beach, Florida, and Pontiac, Michigan, and earned three additional season podium finishes 2004 Won Indianapolis Supercross.