Luca Shaw
{{Short description|American cyclist}}
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Luca Shaw is a professional downhill Mountainbike racer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/wide-open-with-luca-shaw-sound-of-speed|title=Go Wide Open With American Up-And-Comer Luca Shaw|last=|first=|date=|website=www.redbull.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-13}} He races UCI world cups for the Canyon Collective Factory Team{{Cite web|url=https://www.canyon.com/en-cz/blog-content/pr/pr-luca-shaw-cllctv-22.html|title=The Canyon CLLCTV DH Team welcomes Luca Shaw to the roster|date=2022-01-13|website=Canyon CLLCTV|language=en|access-date=2022-03-02}} and the UCI World Championships for Team USA Cycling.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usacycling.org/athlete/luca-shaw|title=Luca Shaw|last=Cycling|first=U. S. A.|date=2020-02-13|website=USA Cycling|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213184928/https://usacycling.org/athlete/luca-shaw|archive-date=2020-02-13|access-date=2020-02-13}}
Personal life
Shaw was born in San Francisco, California but has been living in Hendersonville, North Carolina since he was 8. His older brother Walker is also a mountain bike racer.[https://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/news/3083-local-rider-competing-for-world-bmx-title.html Bill Moss Local Rider Competing for World BMX title 15 August 2014] His father Doug Shaw works for Ohlins Suspension while his mother Griet Vandekerckhove works for a Belgian fashion designer.{{cite web|url=https://mbaction.com/oct-inside-the-pros-bikes/|title=Inside the Pro's Bikes: Luca Shows-Off his Santa Cruz V10 29'r|website=Mountain Bike Action|access-date=September 5, 2020|quote=My dad works for Ohlins Suspension and has always been involved in the motorcycle industry. My mom works for a Belgian fashion designer.}} Since the summer of 2018, he has been in a relationship with Swiss cyclist Jolanda Neff.[https://www.blick.ch/sport/rad/us-downhiller-luca-shaw-24-ist-neffs-freund-er-hat-jolanda-so-stark-gemacht-id16707200.html Er hat Jolanda so stark gemacht.] In: Blick.ch, 27. Juli 2021.