Ned Overend 219885 223272475 2008-07-03T10:21:01Z EdgeNavidad 6649326 {{MedalTableTop|nedoverend.jpg|240px|Ned Overend signs an autograph at a Specialized demo event, October 2006}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalSport|[[Mountain Bike]]}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|1990 Durango]]|Cross Country}} {{MedalBronze | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|1991 Ciocco]]|Cross Country}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Edmund "Ned" Overend''' (born [[20 August]] [[1955]] in [[Taipei, Taiwan]]), the son of a [[United States|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 [[triathlon]]s. 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. He is the current captain of the [[Specialized Bicycle Components|Specialized Cross Country Team]]. == Major achievements == ''Incomplete list'' * [[Mountain Bike World Championships|UCI World Mountain Biking Champion]] (Gold, 1990; Bronze 1991) * [[National Off-Road Bicycle Association|NORBA]] National Mountain Biking Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) * NORBA National Point Series Champion (1987) * XTERRA World Champion (1998, 1999, 2nd 1997) * {{USA}} National Winter Triathlon Champion (2000) * {{USA}} 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) * Teva Mountain Games Hillclimb (1st, 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Overend, Ned}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American cyclists]] [[Category:Mountain bikers]] [[Category:Bicycling Hall of Fame]] [[Category:Olympic cyclists of the United States]] [[Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]] {{US-cycling-bio-stub}} [[de:Ned Overend]] [[it:Edmund Overend]] [[nl:Ned Overend]]