Hannah
Bergemann
United States
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MTB
Date of birth | 17 September 1996 |
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Place of birth | Portland, OR |
Age | 29 |
Nationality | United States |
Career start | 2018 |
Disciplines | Mountainbike Freeride/Slopestyle |
Hannah Bergemann is former junior skier who stunned the world with a standout performance at Red Bull Formation. These days, you can find the pioneering female freeride legend pushing herself on the gnarliest scree chutes and slabs of rock she can find.
A love of the outdoors
Growing up at the foot of the Cascades in Hood River, Oregon, Hannah quickly fostered a love for being outside. Her introduction to action sports, however, came from freestyle skiing. She frequently competed in contests not to win medals, but to push herself and acquire new tricks.
Biking was a hobby she did here and there, but it wasn't until her high school junior year that she caught the bug. Her dad – an avid mountain biker – gave her his old full-suspension bike, hoping that she'd join him for rides.
From ski to bike
Like father, like daughter: Hannah immediately fell in love. A month later, she was racing the Ashland Enduro alongside him and when it came time for her to pick a college, she would only pick a university if it had proper riding within arm’s reach.
Ultimately, Hannah settled on Western Washington University in Bellingham, not just for its academics, but because of the area's world-renowned bike community. Hankering to learn everything about two wheels, Hannah also landed a job with a local bike shop.
She spent her summers racing enduro and, by 2018, had refined her skills enough to land a spot on the pro-level Enduro World Series. In July 2019, she won the Trans BC Enduro, considered by many as the world's most gruelling enduro race. On the EWS circuit, she was just as prosperous, snagging a second-place finish in the individual category of the Trophy of Nations race in Finale Ligure, Italy.
A yen for progression
While racing advanced her riding and skill set, Hannah preferred creativity over the fastest line. "Mountain biking is inherently a sport with a lot of room for interpretation," she says. "I'm naturally drawn to progression. My skiing was the same thing; I always wanted to push myself to the next level. This mentality seamlessly translated over to biking."
As a kid, she was always trying to build jumps out of dirt or snow and the vibrant community diggers in Bellingham took that creative mindset to the next level. Over time she built the confidence to tick-off local freeride classics like 'The Chief', a daunting 12m slab of rock with a pucker factor of 100.
Despite Hannah's aptitude for freeriding, she had no clear direction to pursue the discipline as a career. Historically, female mountain bikers have lacked the opportunity to ride beyond the race tape. But in the last few years, that's improved immensely, most notably with the groundbreaking freeride camp, Formation.
Getting creative
Hannah was one of six lucky women selected to join the monumental event. Having built her fair share of burly lines around Bellingham and vacationed at notable freeride zone likes Virgin, Utah and Williams Lake, BC. Hannah felt entirely in her element at the old 2015 Red Bull Rampage venue. She sculpted a run down a steep technical face that finished with a massive double drop. On the first day of riding, she silently hiked up to the top of her line and dropped in before anyone else was ready. At that moment, she became more than just a Bellingham legend.
Following Formation, Hannah's life transformed almost overnight. For one, she finally got to quit her day job to ride full time. Then she became a movie star. Teton Gravity Research whisked her and Veronique Sandler halfway across the world to ride in the Himalayas for their movie Accomplice. She's also hit up some of the biggest and burliest freeride events and races around the world, including Red Bull Hardline and Red Bull Cerro Abajo.
Hannah's crowning achievement however came at the second-ever women's Red Bull Rampage in October 2025, where she made her debut in the event after missing 2024 through injury and rode straight into second place.
Hannah Bergemann takes a moment mid-ride
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Hannah Bergemann is ready for her Red Bull Rampage debut in 2025
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Hannah Bergemann takes on Red Bull Valparaiso Cerro Abajo 2024
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Hannah Bergemann in action at Freeride Fiesta
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