caption fullname ridertype updated proteam discipline birth_date proyears role image article_title name
animal bike tour , aberystwyth , june 2007 martyn ashton trials 12 june 2008 volvo - cannondale animal mbuk team ashton diamondback mtb 02 december 1974 1997 2005 2008 & ndash ; rider martyn ashton.jpg martyn ashton
 martyn ashton
martyn ashton

martyn ashton -lrb- born 2 december 1974 -rrb- is a former british and world champion and is often described as a mountain biking legend .
he has been credited with turning trials from a niche form of riding into the sport it is today .
ashton was paralysed in an accident in 2013 , during a bike trials demo at the british moto gp .
