Ned Overend

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Edmund "Ned" Overend (born 20 August 1955 in Taipei, Taiwan), the son of a U.S. diplomat, started in mountain biking in the early 1980s. He was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1990 and the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2001. Even though he retired from Pro Mountain biking in 1996, he continued competing in endurance competitions like the XTERRA Triathlon, and regular road triathlons. While in professional mountain biking, Overend earned the nicknames "Deadly Nedly" and "The Lung", for he seemed difficult to beat and his aerobic endurance at altitude was phenonomenal, especially for a man of his age.

[edit] Major achievements

Incomplete list

• UCI World Mountain Biking Champion (Gold, 1990; Bronze 1991)
• NORBA National Mountain Biking Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
• NORBA National Point Series Champion (1987)
• XTERRA World Champion (1998, 1999, 2nd 1997)
•  United States National Winter Triathlon Champion (2000)
•  United States National XTRERRA Series Champion (2001, 2002)
• Colorado Road Champion (2004)
• Road Apple Rally Champion (2004)
• Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb (1st, 1985-1986; 2nd, 2006; 4th, 2005)
• Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb (2nd, 2006)