Jonny
Walker
United Kingdom
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Enduro
Date of birth | January 27, 1991 |
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Birthplace | Cumbria |
Age | 34 |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Career start | 2010 |
Disciplines | Enduro |
Jonny Walker has been riding since the age of nine. He began by competing in the British Schoolboy Trials Championship, which he won twice, and maintained a top-three ranking until he was 17. Jonny was also the youngest-ever winner of The Pinhard Prize, an accolade awarded to under-21s who are deemed to be the highest achievers. In 2008 and 2009, Jonny competed in the European and Junior World Trials Championships, but after several years in Trials, he went in search of a different challenge.
Buying his first motocross bike led him to try the sport of enduro after a friend suggested he should have a go. Despite a lack of experience, in his first full enduro season he enjoyed considerable success. He registered impressive first-time results in the World Indoor Cup, Hell’s Gate and the British Enduro Championship, until he inevitably started to top the podium at major international events.
He claimed the Red Bull Hare Scramble title in 2012, which he went on to successfully defend in 2013, along with taking victory at Red Bull Sea to Sky. In 2014 he took wins at Battle of Vikings and Red Bull Romaniacs. But it was in 2015 that he really took it to the next level when he came within one victory of achieving a Hard Enduro grand slam by winning The Tough One, Red Bull Romaniacs, Red Bull Hare Scramble, Hell’s Gate and Red Bull 111 Megawatt. He also took third at the 2015/16 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship.
However, a broken leg sustained in the penultimate round of the World Championship forced him to sit out most of the 2016 season. He returned in style though, winning his second Red Bull 111 Megawatt in a row in 2016, before adding a third consecutive trophy a year later at what must now rank as one of his favourite competitions.
Jonny's trophy cabinet was added to significantly again in 2022 when he won the overall title at the AMA EnduroCross championship in a final moto thriller in Reno, Nevada, USA.
It was Jonny's debut season in the championship and he took the overall title by just three points from Red Bull KTM's Trystan Hart in Reno to prove he's still right up there with the very best in the business.
Now, Jonny's taking on a new challenge to put legendary British motorcycle brand Triumph on top of the enduro world with it's brand new off-road offerings. He's already made an impressive start taking the little TF250-E four-stroke to a sixth place finish at the 2025 Red Bull Erzbergrodeo amide a sea of 300cc two-strokes.
Jonny Walker is always up for a challenge
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Jonny Walker on the attack
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Jonny Walker on the gas at the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo
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Jonny Walker won the opening Prolog to Red Bull Romaniacs
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