Jayo Archer
Australian motocross rider (1995–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jayden "Jayo" Archer (18 December 1995 – 21 February 2024) was an Australian motocross rider.
| Jayo Archer | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 18 December 1995 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 21 February 2024 (aged 28) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Motocross career | |
| Years active | 2011–2024 |
| Grands Prix | Nitro World Games 2022 X Games 2023 |
Career
Jayden Archer was born in Sydney on 18 December 1995.[1][2] From the age of 9, Cam Sinclair was his mentor.[3] In 2011, he secured a sponsorship deal with Powersports Kawasaki at the age of 15, after he had become the youngest person on record to land a motorcycle backflip over 75 ft (23 m).[4] He was a part of Nitro Circus for more than 10 years, and first performed in 2012.[5] Archer served as an assistant mechanic for several years with Nitro Circus.[6]
Archer was the first motocross rider to land a triple backflip in the Nitro World Games tournament, in November 2022.[7] He was a medalist at the X Games tournament in 2023 in the Best Trick category.[6] He was one of the three people known to have performed the "triple backflip" trick.[8] His last public appearance as a motocross rider was in June 2023 when he performed a triple backflip at a Nitro Circus Live Show in Jay, Oklahoma.[6]
Archer had been planning to perform a "quadruple backflip" later in 2024.[9] He was also a suspension technician and mechanic for the Raceline Performance and Factory Husqvarna Racing, in Australia.[10]
Personal life and death
Archer proposed to his girlfriend, Beth King, during the Nitro World Games tournament in November 2022 and they were engaged to get married sometime in 2024.[6] Jayo Archer died in Melbourne on 21 February 2024, at the age of 28, after a crash during practice.[11]
References
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