Swian Zanoni, Brazilian motocross rider, died from a race accident at 23.

Swian Zanoni  was a Brazilian motocross sport rider. He was appointed as one of the major talents of the new generation of the sport in Brazil. He was born in Divino, Minas Gerais, Brazil and died in Orizânia.

(18 April 1988 – 18 September 2011)

Zanoni was a motorcyclist since he was eight years old.
In his career, the Brazilian was twice runner-up Brazil in the SX2 class, and 20-time champion in motocross and supercross Carioca and a vice Latin American supercross in Costa Rica.^[1]
He died in a stage of the championship motocross in Minas Gerais, Orizânia about 300 km from Belo Horizonte. Zanoni was taken to the hospital in the nearby town of Divino, Minas Gerais, but died from his injuries. With participation in the Motocross World Championship this year, Zanoni was recovering after breaking his forearm during the Grand Prix of Latvia.^[2]



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