Bio

Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski began mountain bike racing as a 14 year old junior in 1992 and hasn’t looked back since. What began as a school trip in Colorado in 8th grade has turned into an international passion and lifestyle. Over the course of 20 full seasons of racing JHK has raced in over 30 countries, won 15 National Championships, stood on multiple World Cup and international podiums, and represented the United States at the Athens Olympics.

Off-the-bike Jeremy attended the University of Colorado where he graduated with high honors and a degree in Applied Mathematics. He won the College of Engineering’s Undergraduate Research award, which he didn’t receive at graduation since he was at a bike race in Europe. He writes a column for the national cycling magazine VeloNews about his travels and racing. In his brief time off-the-bike each year he channels his creative energy and passion for architecture into www.Studio-Shed.com, a leading design-build firm he co-founded in 2008. He is an avid backcountry skier, and ventures off into Colorado’s high mountains when the snow is too deep to ride in. Jeremy has acquired a love of good food and wine in his world travels, and cooking continues to be a favorite recreational pastime. He has a definite passion for anything two-wheeled and in addition to about a dozen bikes owns three motorcycles: a Ducati Hypermotard, a Ducati Elefant, and a GSX-R750 race bike. He wishes he could ride these more, but gets out just enough to justify all three of them taking up space in his Studio Shed garage in downtown Boulder, CO.

 

 

2013 will mark JHK’s 20th full season of racing, and the beginning of a new chapter in competition. After more than a decade of World Cup racing around the globe, he will return to the roots of the sport that drew him in 20 years ago – doing a new mix of events and taking in many of North America’s best trails. Along with teammate and spouse Heather Irmiger, they will travel the United States and Canada in their Airstream Safari sharing their love for riding fast, great singletrack, and mountain bike culture. After a successful 20-year career of winning XC races the world over, JHK is very much looking to writing some new chapters in 2013.

 

 

RÉSUMÉ

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• 1st 2012 Teva Games Mountain Bike XC – Vail, CO

• 2nd 2012 Big Mountain Enduro – Kennebec Pass – Durango, CO

• 5th 2012 Whole Enchilada, Moab, UT

• 12th 2011 World Championships – Champery, Switzerland

• 2011 U.S. National Short Track Cross Country Champion

• 1st 2010 U.S. Marathon National Championships – Breckenridge, CO

• 1st 2010 U.S. ProXC Tour Finals Cross Country – Colorado Springs, CO

• 1st 2010 U.S. ProXC Tour Finals Overall – Colorado Springs, CO

• 1st 2010 Teva Games Mountain Bike XC – Vail, CO

• 2nd 2010 Leadville 100 – Leadville, CO

• 2nd 2010 U.S. Cross Country National Championships – Sol Vista, CO

• 2nd 2010 U.S. STXC National Championships – Sol Vista, CO

• 3rd 2010 U.S. ProXC Tour Overall

• 2nd 2010 U.S. ProXC Tour Short Track Overall

• 2nd American 2010 UCI World Cup overall

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 29 Career NORBA/NMBS/ProXCT Race Victories

• 140+ Career NORBA/NMBS/ProXCT Podium Appearances

• 1st 2009 U.S. Cross Country National Championships – Sol Vista, CO

• 1st 2009 U.S. Marathon National Championships – Breckenridge, CO

• 1st 2009 U.S. ProXC Tour Overall

• 1st 2009 Teva Games Mountain Bike XC – Vail, CO

• 1st 2009 Iceman Cometh MTB Race, Traverse City – MI

• 1st 2009 Mellow Johnny’s Classic – Austin, TX

• 2nd 2009 U.S. ProXC Tour Short Track Overall

• 3rd 2009 U.S. Short Track National Championship

• 3rd 2009 Pan American Championships – Santiago, Chile

• 1st 2008 NMBS Cross Country Race #6 – Brian Head, UT

• 5th 2008 Afxentia Stage Race Overall – Macheras Mountain, Cyprus

• 10th 2008 UCI World Cup #5 – Mont. Ste. Anne, Quebec

• 11th 2008 UCI World Cup #6 – Bromont, Quebec

• 2008 National Mountain Bike Series XC Overall 2nd (1st American, 1 Victory)

• 2008 National Mountain Bike Series STXC Overall 2nd

• 1st 2007 NMBS Cross Country TT Race #1 – Phoenix, AZ

• 1st 2007 NMBS Cross Country Race #4 – Deer Valley, UT

• 1st NMBS Short Track XC Race #5 – Sugar Mountain, NC

• 2007 National Mountain Bike Series XC Overall 2nd (1st American, 2 Victories)

• 2007 National Mountain Bike Series STXC Overall 2nd (1st American, 1 Victory)

• 2006 NMBS Cross Country Champion (1st American in seven years)

• 1st 2006 NMBS Cross Country Race #2 – Sugar Mountain, NC

• 1st 2006 NMBS Cross Country Race #3 – Deer Valley, UT

• 1st 2006 NMBS Cross Country Race #4 – Brian Head, UT

• 1st 2006 NMBS Short Track XC Race #5 – Snowmass, CO

• 1st 2006NMBS Short Track XC Race #4 – Brian Head, UT

• 5th 2006 UCI World Cup #4 – Ft. William, Scotland

• 10th 2006 UCI Final World Ranking at 12/31

• 12th 2006 World Cup Overall

• 1st 2006 Teva Mountain Games – Vail, CO

• 1st 2006 Sunshine Cup Race #3 – Afxentia, Cyprus

• 1st 2005 U.S. National XC Championships – Mammoth Mtn., CA

• 4th 2005 UCI World Cup Race #4 – Angel Fire, NM

• 2nd 2005 NMBS Overall XC

• 2nd 2005 NMBS Overall STXC

• 1st 2004 U.S. National XC Championships – Mammoth, Mtn., CA

• 1st 2004 U.S. National STXC Championships – Mammoth Mtn., CA

• 1st 2004 Pan-American Championships – Banos, Ecuador

• 2nd 2003 NMBS Overall XC

• 2nd 2003 NMBS Overall STXC

• 2nd 2002 NMBS Overall XC

AWARDS AND TITLES

• 2011 U.S. National Short Track Country Champion

• 2010 U.S. National Marathon Cross Country Champion

• 2009 U.S. National Cross Country Champion

• 2009 U.S. National Marathon Cross Country Champion

• 2009 Pro XC Tour Champion

• 2009 VeloNews Award Winner – Best North American MTB Team

• 2006 NMBS Cross Country Champion

• 2005 U.S. National Cross Country Champion

• 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Member

• 2004 Pan-American Champion

• 5 Time U.S. National Cross Country Champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

• 3 Time U.S. National Short Track Cross Country Champion (2001, 2003, 2004)

• 4 Time NCCA Collegiate MTB National Champion (1997 – 2000)

• 2007 Rocky Mountain News – Denver Post Top-10 Outdoor Athletes in Colorado

• 2000 Under 23 Cross Country National Champion

• 2000 Under 23 Short Track National Champion

• 16 Time U.S. National Mountain Bike Team Member

• 2006 VeloNews Award Winner – North American Cross Country Man of the Year

• 2004 VeloNews Award Winner – North American Cross Country Man of the Year

• 2005 Teva Games Nominee for Mountain Bike Racer of the Year

• 2003 Interbike Nominee for Male Athlete of the Year

• 2000 Mercury Tour – Best Young Rider

• 2000 VeloNews Award Winner – Collegiate Cyclist of the Year

• 1998 VeloNews Award Winner – Collegiate Cyclist of the Year

• 1997-2000 Member NCCA All American Team

Complete résumé and additional media materials available upon request.