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Kenny Bartram

Personal information
Nickname	The Cowboy
Born	(1978-08-23) August 23, 1978 (age 46) Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	166 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle motocross (FMX)
Event(s)	X Games, Gravity Games, Dew Tour, Red Bull X-Fighters
Medal record Summer X Games Representing  United States 2001 Philadelphia Moto X Big Air 2002 Philadelphia Moto X Freestyle 2005 Los Angeles Moto X Freestyle 2003 Los Angeles Moto X Big Air Gravity Games 1999 Providence Moto X Freestyle Team 2000 Providence Moto X Freestyle 2002 Cleveland Moto X Freestyle

Kenny Bartram (born on August 23, 1978) is an American professional freestyle motocross rider (FMX). Bartram is from Stillwater, Oklahoma, and is nicknamed "The Cowboy." Bartram usually wears orange in competition reflecting the colors of nearby Oklahoma State University. Before his career in FMX, he won many Oklahoma State Series MX Races. Out of all other riders, he currently has the most wins with 57 in all. Bartam has also suffered plenty of injuries, including 22 broken bones, 7 knocked out teeth, a steel plate in the jaw, and a damaged blood vessel in the brain. Bartram is contracted with KTM.^[1]

Bartram was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on August 23, 1978.

In 1999, at the Gravity Games I, in Providence, Rhode Island, Bartram along with his best friend Travis Pastrana, performed together in the Moto X Freestyle Team. They won their first ever Gravity Games Gold medal together.

At the 2000 X Games (X Games VI), in San Francisco, California, Bartram made his first X Games appearance in Moto X Freestyle. He finished in 15th, and did not qualify for the Freestyle finals. At the 2000 Gravity Games, Bartram qualified in 4th from the Moto X Freestyle. He would go on to finish in 3rd place, thereby winning his first ever Gravity Games medal while riding the Yamaha YZ125.

At the 2001 Winter X Games V, in Mount Snow, Vermont, Bartram competed in the debut of Moto X Big Air event on snow while riding the Yamaha YZ250F. He finished 5th on his debut in the event. In May of 2001, Bartram switched from the 125 to the KTM 250, which is a heavy dirt bike. At the 2001 X Games (X Games VII), Bartram performed a Shaolin to Sterlizer and finished 1st. As a result, he won his first ever Moto X Big Air event and also won an X Games Gold medal. At the 2001 Gravity Games, Bartram qualified in 2nd in Moto X Freestyle prelims, but only finished 7th in the Moto X Freestyle finals.

At the 2002 Winter X Games VI, in Aspen, Colorado, Bartram finished 6th in the Moto X Big Air event. In the 2002 Gravity Games in Cleveland, Ohio, he qualified in 3rd from the Moto X Freestyle prelims, and in the finals, Bartram finished in 3rd place, and took home his second Gravity Games Bronze medal in the Moto X Freestyle event. At the 2002 X Games (X Games VIII), Bartram qualified in 2nd from the Moto X Freestyle prelims, yet in the finals of Moto X Freestyle, Bartram tried to pull off the Backflip off of a dirt kicker and broke his ankle. Still, he finished in 2nd in the Moto X Freestyle finals and won the Silver medal.

After fully recovering from his ankle injury from X Games VIII, at the 2003 X Games Global Championship, Bartram along with his teammate Nate Adams performed Backflips and won the Gold medal in Moto X Freestyle for Team USA.

At the 2003 X Games (X Games IX), Bartram made his Moto X Step Up debut, and finished 7th in the event. In the Moto X Freestyle prelims, Bartram qualified in 3rd and finished in 4th in the Moto X Freestyle finals. He made a comeback in the Moto X Big Air, performing the Backflip Heelclicker and finished in 3rd thereby winning his second Moto X Big Air medal.

At the 2004 X Games (X Games X), Bartram competed in three events. He finished 10th in Moto X Best Trick and 6th in Moto X Freestyle. He did not qualify for the Freestyle finals; he also finished 11th in the Supermoto event.

At the 2005 X Games (X Games XI), Bartram performed a Side Saddle Take-Off Backflip and finished in 4th in Moto X Best Trick. In Moto X Freestyle, he qualified in 5th from the Moto X Freestyle prelims. In the finals, he finished 2nd after pulling off the same trick and winning his second X Games Silver medal in Moto X Freestyle.

At the 2006 Winter X Games X, Bartram finished in 8th in Moto X Best Trick, and he did not qualify for the finals.

At X Games XII on Friday morning, while on a practice run, Bartram suffering a fractured wrist and broken clavicle. Bartram is also apart of Travis Pastranas' Nitro Circus.

Bartram features as a playable character in the video game, Crusty Demons, released on PS2 and Xbox. He is also featured in the 2003 video game MTX Mototrax: Nitro Circus Rally Car Racing.

• 2002 WFA Cleveland, OH - Freestyle: 1st
• 2003 Red Bull X-Fighters - Freestyle: 1st (Valencia, Spain)
• 2003 Red Bull X-Fighters - Freestyle: 1st (Madrid, Spain)
• 7 World Championships
• Rally America Rookie of the year, and 2 Rally America National Championships
• 2 time WFA and IFMA Champion, VTC Champion

GOLD (1) SILVER (2) BRONZE (1)

YEAR	X GAMES	EVENTS	RANK	MEDAL
2000	Summer X Games VI	Moto X Freestyle	15th
2001	Winter X Games V	Moto X Big Air	5th
2001	Summer X Games VII	Moto X Big Air	1st
2002	Winter X Games VI	Moto X Big Air	6th
2002	Summer X Games VIII	Moto X Freestyle	2nd
2003	Summer X Games IX	Moto X Step Up	7th
2003	Summer X Games IX	Moto X Freestyle	4th
2003	Summer X Games IX	Moto X Big Air	3rd
2004	Summer X Games X	Moto X Best Trick	10th
2004	Summer X Games X	Moto X Freestyle	6th
2004	Summer X Games X	Supermoto	11th
2005	Summer X Games XI	Moto X Best Trick	4th
2005	Summer X Games XI	Moto X Freestyle	2nd
2006	Winter X Games X	Moto X Best Trick	8th

YEAR	GRAVITY GAMES	LOCATION	EVENTS	RANK	MEDAL
1999	Gravity Games I	Providence, Rhode Island	Moto X Freestyle Team	1st
2000	Gravity Games II	Providence, Rhode Island	Moto X Freestyle	3rd
2001	Gravity Games III	Providence, Rhode Island	Moto X Freestyle	7th
2002	Gravity Games IV	Cleveland, Ohio	Moto X Freestyle	3rd

• Official website
• Bartram's bike brand