Sven Breugelmans

Sven Breugelmans (born 12 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1999 to 2008. Breugelmans is notable for being a two-time F.I.M. motocross world championship in the MX3-GP class for 650cc motorcycles.^[1][2]

Sven Breugelmans
Nationality	Belgian
Born	12 August 1979 (1979-08-12) (age 44)
Motocross career
Years active	1999 - 2008
Teams	Suzuki, KTM
Championships	MX3 - 2005, 2008
Wins	10

Breugelmans was born in Turnhout, Belgium. In 1999 he competed in the 125cc motocross world championships, finishing the season ranked 31st on a Kawasaki.^[3] He switched to riding a Yamaha in the 2000 125cc world championship and improved to 23rd and then finished the 2001 season ranked 12th.^[4][5]

In 2003 he joined the Sylvain Geboers Suzuki team to compete in the MXGP class but, a serious injury suffered at the British Grand Prix ended his season.^[6][7] Breugelmans joined the KTM team for the 2004 MX1 world championship for 450cc motorcycles and was ranked 28th at the end of the season.^[8]

Breugelmans won the 2005 MX3-GP motocross world championship riding for the KTM team run by former world champion Jacky Martens.^[9][10] He finished as runner-up to Yves Demaria in the 2006 and 2007 MX3-GP world championships, before reclaiming the title in 2008.^{[11][12][13][14]}

References

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11. "2006 MX3 motocross world championship final overall results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
12. "2007 MX3 motocross world championship final overall results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
13. "2008 MX3 motocross world championship final overall results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
14. "The MX3 World Champion 2008 is Sven Breugelmans". mxgp-life.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.