Tanel Leok

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tanel Leok
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Jun 1, 1985(1985-06-01)
Age	39
Country	Estonia
Birth City	Võru
Horoscope	Gemini

Tanel Leok Biography

Tanel Leok is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on June 1, 1985 in Võru, Estonia. Estonian FIM Motocross World Championship racer won his first ever GP victory in 2008.

He as well as American racing star He and American racer Kevin Windham began to emerge in the motocross racing scene during the same period. began to make their mark on the motocross racing world at the same time.

He became the first rider with two junior world titles to his credit, winning the 85 cc FIM world cup in 2000 and the 125cc FIM Junior World Cup in 2001. He turned semi-professional midway through the 2001 season, and qualified for a number of GP races at 15 years of age. He claimed his first senior title in 2001 as well, being crowned German 125cc champion. His hard-charging and unmistakable racing style earned him the moniker “The Estonian Express.”

In 2002 his first professional team was Vangani Racing KTM His teammates were Tyla Rattray and Ben Townley. In 2003, the Vangani Racing team metamorphosed into Bruforce Racing, still on KTM motorcycles. Tanel had by now definitely broken through in the top level of motocross world.

He got married Karoliina Karu on the 11th of October in 2008; the pair had twins called Sebastian as well as Travis.

Tanel Leok Net Worth

Tanel Leok is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Estonia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tanel Leok 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He resigned from his formal education at 16 and began racing motorcycles in full-time.

In his time, he was an KWS British Champion, MXX1 Italian Champion and MX1 Dutch Champion.

Tanel Leok (born June 1, 1985) is an Estonian professional motocross racer. He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2001.

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Who is Tanel Leok Dating?

According to our records, Tanel Leok married to Karoliina Karu. As of December 1, 2023, Tanel Leok’s is not dating anyone.

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Tanel signed with Honda on September 27, 2009 and in 2010 season he is in LS Motors Honda team, his teammate is Davide Guarneri. In his first season with LS Motors Honda team Tanel chose his “legendary” riding number 40, he started riding in MX1 class with this number in 2004. In addition he got his first personal driving trainer – Marnicq Bervoets, this is very important renewal for Leok. His first competition with Honda was on February 7, 2010 in the Mantua Starcross. He had good starts, placed 3rd in second race and 1st in third race, overall place was 6th, because he retired first race. Tanel Leok finished 2nd to Guarneri in Italian MX1 motocross championships. Leok lost the championship by 17 points (152–135). On May 16, 2010 Leok won the second race and was the overall winner in the Grand Prix of Catalunya.

Facts & Trivia

Tanel Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Estonia. Tanel Leok celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.

In September 2012 Tanel signed for British motocross team Route77energy MVR-D Honda. His teammate in 2013 season was Jason Dougan. On 2 June, Tanel crashed heavily and broke his collarbone, causing him two miss two races. At the end of the month, Route77 Honda withdrew from the World Motocross Championship due to financial problems. Prior to the Swedish Grand Prix, Leok rejoined the TM Racing Factory Team.