Kia Motors are proud to continue their affiliation with the exciting, popular and successful, Adventure Racing and Multisport Racing world ranked adventure racers Richard and Elina Ussher.
Richard and Elina, seen above with their Kia Sorento, provided by Kia Motors New Zealand, have had enjoyed a number of successes the most recent Richards first place, and fourth win, on the One-Day Coast-To-Coast race, considered by many as the world’s toughest single day challenge.
Richard, a former Olympic skier, has gained considerable success since switching to multisports, as well as his run of success in the Speights Coast-to-Coast, and his win in the Anaconda Multisport Race in Australia. Richard is now branching out into Ironman events, having recently won the 2010 Kia sponsored Wanaka TEAM Challenge event.
Richards wife, and teammate Elina, is also extremely successful, being among the top ranked women in multisports, winning multiple competitions, including the women’s section of the Speights Coast to Coast in January 2010 and finishing runner up in same race in 2011.
Richard and Elina also compete as part of Team Adventure Sport New Zealand, who successfully competed in the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge in late 2010 – winning by more than 90 minutes.
For more information follow the link below:
www.adventuresportnz.com