Yves Demaria (born 22 January 1972) is a

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former professional

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racer. He competed in the

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s from 1988 to 2007. He is a three-time

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Motocross World Champion in the MX3-GP class for motorcycles displacing 650cc.

Biography

Born in

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, France, Demaria won his first MX3 world championship in 2004, following with two more crowns in

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and

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. He has also won Grand Prix races in the MX1-GP and MX2-GP classes. Demaria won 69 individual heat races and 37 Grand Prix victories during his world championship racing career. Along with his three World Championships, he was a seventeen-time French motocross national champion. He was a member of seven French

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teams, including the victorious French team at the 2001 Motocross des Nations that included

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and Luigi Séguy.

References

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