MERIDA Athletes & Ambassadors
MERIDA FLIGHT CENTRE RACING
Australia's MERIDA FLIGHT CENTRE RACING TEAM and racing program supports grass roots rider development with the formation of state based MERIDA Flight Centre racing teams across Australia, managed locally with a clear development path for emerging Australian talent, to the national MERIDA Flight Centre racing team.
With state based teams in QLD, NSW, ACT, SA, WA, NT and TAS, and a national elite team drawn from state teams, MERIDA FLIGHT CENTRE RACING is Australia's only true national mountain bike team, and the is fast becoming the team of choice for the riders, as MERIDA becomes the bikes of choice for Australia.
MERIDA ATHLETES
Jason English
World 24hr, Australian 24hr and Australian national marathon
champion Jason English rides MERIDA.
Read more about Jason English
Chris Jongewaard
Australian nation Olympic Distance Cross County (XCO) champion,
Chris Jongewaard rides MERIDA.
SASI (South Australia Sports Institute – Cycling Squad)
Read more about the SASI Cycling Squad
TRIATHLON
Matt White - Pro Triathlete
Matt has been competing in triathlons since the age of 15 and has completed numerous Ironman, Marathons and Endurance Races across the globe. Matt Turned Professional in 1999 and based himself on the Gold Coast in Queensland and later moving to the Provence Region in the South of France competing for various French Triathlon Clubs throughout a 7 year period. Matt has recently become a Fire Fighter which enables him to compete at a professional level and maintain a healthy balance in his life.
Matt completed his first Ironman in 2001 in what is regarded as the toughest Ironman on earth, based at Embrun in the Alpine region of France, he finished 8th overall and has subsequently challenged himself on the world Ironman circuit culminating in four top ten finishes at Ironman Australia and a career best of second place at Ironman Korea in 2003.
Read more about Matt White
Emma Jackson - Pro Triathlete
Emma Jackson (born 1991 in Joyner, Brisbane, Queensland) is a professional Australian triathlete, U23 World Champion of the year 2010, and 2009 Junior World Championships silver medalist.
From 2007 to 2010 Jackson took part in 16 ITU competitions and achieved 11 top ten positions. On 1 November 2009 she won the Australian Noosa Triathlon ($ 12.000)[1] and since then for Australian media it is commonplace to mention Emma Jackson together with the famous three Australian triathlon Emmas: Emma Carney, Emma Snowsill, and Emma Moffatt.
Emma Jackson is coached by Stephen Moss, the head coach of the state run high performance centre called Queensland Academy of Sport, and represents Moss' Pine Rivers Triathlon Club.
In 2010, Emma Jackson also represented the French club TCG 79 Parthenay in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. At the Triathlon de Paris (18 July 2010), she placed 2nd and her club placed 4th, at Tourangeaux (29 August 2010) she placed 9th and her club placed 5th, and at the Grand Final in La Baule (Triathlon Audencia, 18 September 2010), immediately after her U23 World Championship gold medal, she placed 16th and her club 4th. Thus Jackson was always among the three triathlètes classants l'éqipe, i.e. the three best athletes on whose results the club ranking is based. At the triathlon in La Baule, TCG 79 Parthenay had no French triathletes at all among its three classants: Ainhoa Murua placed 11th, Nicky Samuels 13th and Jackson 16th.
MERIDA AMBASSADORS
MERIDA AUSTRALIA is very proud to support members of local communities achieve their goals on and off the bike, through the MERIDA ambassador program, running across Australia and managed on a local level by MERIDA dealers. If you would like to be considered for the MERIDA ambassador program, please contact us.
