Martin Söderström (4 March 1990) is a professional Freeride mountain bike rider from

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, Sweden. He announced retirement from professional riding in August 2022. In 2007 he won the

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Slopestyle competition. In 2012 and 2013 he placed 2nd overall in the FMB World Tour. In 2013 he competed in Munich

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Slopestyle event finishing 6th overall out of 16 riders. In 2013 he took 2nd at Red Bull Joyride, but was seriously injured on his final ride; he was injured again shortly before the 2014 event. In 2013 and 2014 he hosted an invitational meet in his hometown of Uppsala where fellow swede and good friend Anton Thelander won. Between 2012 and 2014, he won some medals at the FISE (2 second place). He has nowadays been getting closer to the Mountain Bike Racing scene in a new discipline called "Speed and Style". He has won some medals. He won a first, a second and a third place between 2018 and 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soderstrom, Martin Living people 1990 births Sportspeople from Uppsala Swedish mountain bikers Swedish male cyclists