Tarah Gieger

Career

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

In 2003, Gieger began racing professionally.

Also in 2007, she became the first female racer ever to compete in the Motocross des Nations. 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 In 2013, Gieger finished fourth in the Ford Women"s Enduro X Final at the X Games Barcelona.

That same year, she was photographed nude for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network:The Magazine while riding a bike.

Achievements

• Gieger won Loretta Lynn American Medical Association Amateur National Motocross Championship titles in 2004, 2006, and 2007. In 2008, Gieger won the first women"s supercross event at the X Games XIV. 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).