Wade Bootes (born 30 May 1974 in
Toowoomba, Queensland
Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...
) is an Australian professional "Mid/Current School"
Bicycle Motocross (BMX) and Mountain Bike (MTB) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1995 to 2003 in BMX and 1999 to 2004 in MTB. He usually goes by the
moniker "Bootsie" or "Bootsey". During his mountain bike career he also picked up the nickname "Thunder from Down Under". He was voted 2003 Australian Cyclist of the Year in BMX.
[''Transworld BMX'' April 2004 Vol.11 Iss.4 No.90 p. 22] While competing in the snow mountain bike event at the January 1999 ESPN Winter X Games in Colorado he suffered an attack of
high altitude pulmonary edema
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a life-threatening form of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema that occurs in otherwise healthy people at altitudes typically above . HAPE is a severe presentation of altitude sickness. Cases have also been re ...
, a potentially fatal condition. He was told by a physician to rest for two weeks. He suffered a minor separated shoulder during the dual slalom event of the first round of the World Cup in
Maribor, Slovenia in early June 2001. He broke his right collar bone at the 2006 MTB World Championships in
Rotorua, New Zealand during qualifying rounds on 23 August 2006. he stayed overnight at a Rotorua hospital.
25 August 2006 Cyclingnews.com article
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1974 births
Living people
Australian BMX riders
Australian male cyclists
Cyclists from Queensland
Four-cross mountain bikers
Sportsmen from Queensland
Sportspeople from Toowoomba
UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men)