Career Started Racing: 1993 at age 23. Sub Discipline: First Race Result: Sanctioning Body: Career MTB factory and major Non-factory sponsors Amateur No amateur status. Professional Barracuda: 1994-1995 Troy Lee Designs: 1996 Rotec/White Bros: 1997 GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles: December 1997-December 2000 Mongoose Bicycles (Formerly BMX Products)/Hyundai: January 2001–Present GT Bicycles : January 2009–Present Career Mountain Bike Racing (MTB) titles Amateur No amateur status. Professional Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) 1998 Dual Slalom World Cup Bronze Medalist 1999 Dual Slalom World Cup Champion Gold Medalist 1999 Downhill World Champion Bronze Medalist 1999 World Cup Downhill Bronze Medalist 2001 World Cup Dual Slalom World Cup Silver Medalist 2002 World Cup 4-cross Bronze Medalist 2003 World Cup 4-cross Silver Medalist 2003 4-Cross World Champion Silver Medalist 2003 World Cup 4-cross Champion Gold Medalist 2004 4-cross World Champion Gold Medalist National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA) 1999 National Downhill Champion Gold Medalist 1999 National Championship Series Dual Slalom Silver Medalist 2003 National Mountain-cross Series Champion Gold Medalist 2004 National Mountain-cross Series Champion 2003, 2005, 2006 United States National Mountain-cross Champion 2003 United States National Downhill Champion USA Cycling 2005 & 2006 Mountain-cross National Champion Notable MTB accolades He is a 1999 winner of the Visa/USA Cycling Athlete of the Year Award. MTB Product Lines 2006 Mongoose Eric Carter EC-X Four Cross Full Suspension Mountain Bike Significant MTB injuries Laid up for one year due to multiple injuries from mid-2004-September 2005 Broke Collar bone in May 2006 Miscellaneous Eric Carter had substantial input on the design of the Hyper Metro pro sized frame of the early 1990, which he raced when sponsored by Hyper Designs. References External links Short Mountain biking career biography on Mongoose Bicycles website. Descent World Interview with Eric Carter on his MTB career. 2007 Mongoose Bicycles interview. The American Bicycle Association (ABA) website. The National Bicycle League (NBL) website. Living people American male cyclists BMX riders 1970 births Downhill mountain bikers Four-cross mountain bikers UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men) American mountain bikers