Alex Kolesnikov
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Head over wheels Dec 18, 2010
Russian FMX rider Alexey Kolesnikov and 2010 Dakar winner, the KAMAZ-master team driver, Vladimir Chagin accomplished a unique joint project – the first ever jump by a motorcyclist over a moving...
Fans Defy Weather to Pack Sold-Out Arenas Aug 12, 2010
Just ten years after the first ever Red Bull X-Fighters event in Valencia’s famous bullfighting ring, the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour is today one of the biggest international freestyle series on...
Red Bull X-Fighters Moscow - Post Webshow Jul 6, 2010
The Post-News show from Moscow brings both the FMX loyal fan and the casual viewer right up to date with the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour. We get close to the riders and their views on who is the...
Red Bull X-Fighters Moscow - Event Highlights Jun 27, 2010
No fewer than 250 lorry-loads of dirt transformed the historic cobblestones of Red Square in the heart of the Russian capital into an FMX course worthy of hosting the top riders on the planet as the...
Red Bull X-Fighters Moscow - Event Clip Jun 27, 2010
A sell-out crowd of 40,000 fans were on hand to witness the best twelve freestyle motocross riders in the world battle it out in front of the world-famous Kremlin on Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday...
Red Bull X-Fighters Moscow - Best Action Jun 27, 2010
A sell-out crowd of 40,000 fans were on hand to witness the best twelve freestyle motocross riders in the world battle it out in front of the world-famous Kremlin on Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday...
Alex's Details
About Alex
Bike: KTM SX 250
FMX: 2005
Web: www.kolesnikovfmx.ru
RUSSIAN FLAVOUR
Alexei Kolesnikov came to motorsport from BMX at the age of 12. Starting off racing motocross on his Kawasaki KX, he gradually gained experience and began to participate in multi-day enduro rallies, eventually becoming Russian champion in 2005. However, it was in that same year that Alexei first began to get into FMX.
Despite the sport having almost no profile in Russia at the time, Alexei defied the lack of riders and tracks in the country to build his very own ramp and foam pit with friends in his home town of Kolomna near Moscow. The rest, as they say, is history.
Fast forward a few years and the situation has changed dramatically. Alexei’s first taste of FMX fame came when the Red Bull X-Fighters touched down at Slane Castle in Ireland and he got to shake hands with living legends such as Travis Pastrana, Dani Torres, Matt Rebeaud and experience a professional course for the first time.
In 2009, Alex, along with Swede Daniel Bodin, Italian Vanni Oddera and his friend and disciple Kirill Gavrilov, took part in the Red Bull X-Fighters Jams held in four Russian cities: Omsk, Tyumen, Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd. The result? Alexei rocked the house and rode away as the crowds favourite in each city.
Kolesnikov can rightly be considered the founder of FMX in Russia and was also the first rider in the country to land a backflip.
Today, Alex Kolesnikov – or ‘Kalasnikov’ as his friends call him – is ranked among top twenty riders on the planet and will be raring to push the best of the best of international elite to their limits when the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2011 is on.
Career Highlights
2010
• 11th, Red Bull X-Fighters Moscow, Russia
2009
• 2nd, Night of the Jumps (Whip contest) - Riga, Latvia
• 3rd, IFMXF World Championship, Riga, Latvia
• 1st, DABOOT Whip contest, Italy
• 9th, Night of the Jumps (FIM Freestyle MX World Championships) - Riga, Latvia
2008
• 3rd, Adrenalin Rush FMX Masters
2006
• 1st, FMX Contest, Russia
2005
• 1st, FMX Contest, Russia
