Cameron Sinclair (born 12 April 1984) is an Australian

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rider associated with the Metal mulisha group.

Motocross career

Sinclair competed for the LG World Championship in 2008. He was injured while practicing for a double backflip in June 2008 and he was unable to compete until September 2008.

First double backflip in a Freestyle Run With Nick Swain

Sinclair landed the first double backflips in a freestyle motorcross run at the third event of the

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World Tour 2009. It was a June 2009 event in

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. Sinclair landed two double backflips in the competition and finished third at the event. The double backflips were in the qualifier and quarterfinals.

2009 Madrid Crash

Sinclair was seriously injured in Madrid in July 2009 when he under rotated a double back flip. Cam was fighting for his life in a critical condition in Madrid. He suffered a broken shoulder, broken cheek bone, a ruptured liver and was knocked unconscious. Due to the rupture in his liver he had emergency surgery for internal bleeding, which was stopped by the surgeons. After retraining himself using therapy to walk and ride again, Sinclair is back competing, and he did one of the greatest comebacks in action sports history by successfully completing the double back flip again at

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, winning his first X Games gold medal in Moto X Best Trick.

Personal life

Sinclair lives in

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, Australia, and married longtime girlfriend, Brooke, on 7 January 2011 the couple has a daughter born Lotti Mae Sinclair on 15 August 2012 She was born in Surrey, British Columbia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Cam Living people Sportspeople from Melbourne 1984 births Australian motocross riders Freestyle motocross riders X Games athletes Motorcycle stunt performers Australian stunt performers