Stephen Murray (BMX rider)
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Stephen Murray is a former BMX
Dirt rider. On Friday 22 June 2007 at the Dew Action Sports Tour BMX Dirt Finals in Baltimore, Maryland, Stephen Murray took a catastrophic fall attempting a double back flip on the final jump in the dirt section. He received career ending injuries to his spinal cord
and vertebrae and is paralyzed below the shoulders.
Recent reports have shown that he can shrug his shoulders, move his toes, his index, and thumb fingers.
Murray was a seven-time expert British champion and six-time UK National champion before the age of 16. During his professional BMX career, Murray was known for his double back flips, 360 back flips, and turndown back flips. He won the gold medal in BMX Dirt in the Summer 2001 X Games
and won gold medals in BMX Dirt at the Gravity Games
in back to back years (2001 and 2002). He was nominated for ESPN
'BMX rider of the year'.
Stephen Murray is no longer married, but has two sons. He resides in Riverside, California
.
Since his June 2007 accident, Stephen has stayed strong throughout his recovery and believes he will one day walk again.
Since the accident, Stephen is now working closely with the doctor that treated famous quadriplegic Christopher Reeve
. Stephen now has limited movement in his toes and is also gaining more movements in his hands and hopes to move to a wheelchair that he can hand operate opposed to the one he currently has that he operates with his head.
BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...
Dirt rider. On Friday 22 June 2007 at the Dew Action Sports Tour BMX Dirt Finals in Baltimore, Maryland, Stephen Murray took a catastrophic fall attempting a double back flip on the final jump in the dirt section. He received career ending injuries to his spinal cord
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...
and vertebrae and is paralyzed below the shoulders.
Recent reports have shown that he can shrug his shoulders, move his toes, his index, and thumb fingers.
Murray was a seven-time expert British champion and six-time UK National champion before the age of 16. During his professional BMX career, Murray was known for his double back flips, 360 back flips, and turndown back flips. He won the gold medal in BMX Dirt in the Summer 2001 X Games
X Games
The X Games is a commercial annual sports event, controlled and arranged by US sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on action sports. The inaugural X Games was held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island....
and won gold medals in BMX Dirt at the Gravity Games
Gravity Games
The Gravity Games were a multi-sport competition originating from Providence, Rhode Island that is broken down into Winter and Summer adaptations...
in back to back years (2001 and 2002). He was nominated for ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
'BMX rider of the year'.
Stephen Murray is no longer married, but has two sons. He resides in Riverside, California
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...
.
Since his June 2007 accident, Stephen has stayed strong throughout his recovery and believes he will one day walk again.
Since the accident, Stephen is now working closely with the doctor that treated famous quadriplegic Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author and activist...
. Stephen now has limited movement in his toes and is also gaining more movements in his hands and hopes to move to a wheelchair that he can hand operate opposed to the one he currently has that he operates with his head.