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{{MedalTableTop|nedoverend.jpg|240px|Ned Overend signs an autograph at a Specialized demo event, October 2006}}
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{{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}}
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'''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)
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[[Category:Bicycling Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists of the United States]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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