Tony Cairoli

Antonio "Tony" Cairoli (born 23 September 1985) is an Italian nine-time Grand Prix motocross world champion and widely regarded as one of the greatest motocross riders of all time.

On 5 August 2012, in Czech Republic, he won his 50th GP in World Championship.

Life and career
Cairoli was born in Patti, Sicily. He began his motocross Grand Prix career in 2002 riding a Yamaha. He was the 2005 FIM world champion in the MX2-GP class. In 2007 he again won the MX2-GP world championship as well as the English supercross championship. Cairoli claimed the 2009 MX1-GP FIM Motocross World Championship, and after moving to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, successfully defended his title in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and MXGP 2014. Cairoli has won several motos on the Motocross des Nations, particularly in 2012 and 2013 when he managed to win every single moto he raced on. He lives with his girlfriend Jill Cox between Rome, Italy and Lommel, Belgium, where he is training.

Injuries

 * 2008 - Torn Acl (Knee)
 * 2014 - Knee injury (at MXDN)
 * 2015 - Fractured elbow
 * 2016 - 2 broken ribs, wrist injury