Kashi Ananda Leuchs (born 30 June 1978) from

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, New Zealand, is a former world class cross country

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r who represented New Zealand in mountain biking at the

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, the 2004 games in

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and the 2008 Games in

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. He also competed in the

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and

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

, both in mountain biking and road racing finishing fourth in the 2002 Mountain Bike Cross Country. In July 2006, Leuchs won the fourth marathon event of the 2006 Mountain Bike World Cup, held at

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in France. He currently owns and runs Black Seal Imports, a company importing and distributing

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, Urge Bike and Brake Authority Products in New Zealand.

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* * * * * 1978 births Sportspeople from Dunedin New Zealand male cyclists Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Living people New Zealand mountain bikers People educated at Logan Park High School Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games cyclists for New Zealand {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub