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David Michael Mirra [1] (April 4, 1974 – February 4, 2016) was an American BMX rider who also competed in rallycross racing. He set the record for most medals in BMX Freestyle at the X Games (later tied by Scotty Cranmer) and earned at least one BMX medal at the event in all but one year from the competition's inception in 1995 until 2009. [2]
Feb 2, 2023 · Dave Mirra committed suicide by gunshot wound on February 4, 2016, and as ESPN would later report, he was the first action sports star to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. You might recognize the condition from its role in the tragic death of Junior Seau and other NFL players.
May 24, 2016 · Dave Mirra, a star BMX rider who killed himself in February, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to head trauma. The condition was diagnosed by neuropathologists at the...
1 day ago · Dave Mirra's daughters Mackenzie and Madison and his widow Lauren Everett speak about Dave during the Dave Mirra celebration Sunday afternoon. The family and friend dedicated a statue ...
Feb 5, 2016 · BMX rider Dave Mirra, who for years dominated his sport even as he helped others embrace it, has died at age 41.
1 day ago · GREENVILLE, N.C (WNCT)- There’s a new memorial in Greenville honoring the life and legacy of the BMX Legend, Dave Mirra. He died in 2016 after calling Greenville home for years. His death sent ...
Feb 6, 2016 · Mirra broke huge barriers in the sport, landing the first double backflip in competition at the 2000 X Games in San Francisco and continued his career on an upward climb. Mirra medaled every year at the X Games from 1995 to 2008, winning 14 golds.
Feb 5, 2016 · Dave Mirra, whose dazzling aerial flips and tricks made him a legend in freestyle BMX and one of the most successful competitors in X Games history, died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted...
Feb 6, 2016 · Dave Mirra, one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history and a father of two, died this week. Police are saying it was an apparent suicide. He was 41 years old.
Feb 5, 2016 · Famed BMX rider Dave Mirra died Thursday in Greenville, N.C. He was 41. Mirra died about 4 p.m. ET. Greenville police said officers discovered him sitting in a truck with what appeared to be a...