{{Short description|Australian freestyle motocross rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Cameron Sinclair | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Cameron Sinclair | nickname = Cam, Sincs | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|04|12}} | birth_place = Pearcedale, Victoria, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | weight = | sport = Motocross, Supercross, freestyle motocross | event = X Games, Dew Tour, Metal mulisha, X Fighters }}
'''Cameron Sinclair''' (born 12 April 1984) is an Australian freestyle motocross rider associated with the Metal mulisha group.
== Motocross career == Sinclair competed for the LG World Championship in 2008. He was injured while practicing for a double backflip in June 2008 and he was unable to compete until September 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/action/news/story?id=3607410|title=Cam Sinclair to take on the world this weekend!|date=28 September 2008|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2009-07-03}}</ref>
===First double backflip in a Freestyle Run With Nick Swain=== Sinclair landed the first double backflips in a freestyle motocross run at the third event of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2009. It was a June 2009 event in Fort Worth, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grindtv.com/moto/blog/4052/cam-sinclair-lands-first-double-backflip-in-freestyle-motocross-competition/|title=Cam Sinclair Lands First Double Backflip in Freestyle Motocross Competition|date=1 July 2009|publisher=Yahoo! Sports/Grind TV|accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref> Sinclair landed two double backflips in the competition and finished third at the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fullnoise.com.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_full&News_id=5634|title=Aussie makes FMX history with double backflips in Texas!|date=28 June 2009|publisher=Fullnoise|accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref> The double backflips were in the qualifier and quarterfinals.<ref name="ESPNAndTheWinnerIs">{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/blog?post=4292489|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102060358/http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/blog?post=4292489|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|title=And the Winner is...|last=Leyba|first=Ryan|date=28 June 2009|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref>
====2009 Madrid Crash==== Sinclair was seriously injured in Madrid in July 2009 when he under rotated a double back flip. Cam was fighting for his life in a critical condition in Madrid. He suffered a broken shoulder, broken cheek bone, a ruptured liver and was knocked unconscious. Due to the rupture in his liver he had emergency surgery for internal bleeding, which was stopped by the surgeons. After retraining himself using therapy to walk and ride again, Sinclair is back competing, and he did one of the greatest comebacks in action sports history by successfully completing the double back flip again at X Games XVI, winning his first X Games gold medal in Moto X Best Trick.
==Personal life== Sinclair lives in Pearcedale, Victoria, Australia, and married longtime girlfriend, Brooke, on 7 January 2011 the couple has a daughter born Lotti Mae Sinclair on 15 August 2012<ref name="RacerXOnline20090629">{{cite web|url=http://www.racerxonline.com/article/cam-sinclair-makes-history-with-first-x-fighters-podium.aspx|title=Cam Sinclair Makes History with First X-Fighters Podium|date=29 June 2009|publisher=Racer X Online|accessdate=2009-07-22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131212148/http://www.racerxonline.com/article/cam-sinclair-makes-history-with-first-x-fighters-podium.aspx|archive-date=31 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was born in Melbourne, Australia
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.camsinclair.com.au}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Cam}} Category:Living people Category:Motorcycle racers from Melbourne Category:1984 births Category:Australian motocross riders Category:Freestyle motocross riders Category:X Games competitors Category:Motorcycle stunt performers Category:Australian stunt performers