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Mathis Valin
French motocross racer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mathis Valin (born 18 August 2006)[1] is a French professional Motocross racer. Valin has competed full-time in the MX2 class of the Motocross World Championship since the 2025 season.
Prior to racing in MX2, Valin won the 2023 FIM Motocross Junior World Championship in the 125 class and the 2024 European Motocross Championship in the EMX250 class.
Valin represented France at the 2025 Motocross des Nations, forming part of the team that finished third overall in the event.
In France, Valin is a three-time champion in the French Elite Motocross Championship, winning the Elite MX2 class in 2024. When he won the Junior 125 class in 2023, he recorded a perfect season, winning every race in the series.
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Junior career
Valin progressed through the highest levels of the junior structure in his native France. After finishing fourth in the previous year, he won the Minivert 65 class in 2017, victorious in all but four races across the seven round series.[2] In addition, Valin competed in the EMX65 class of the 2017 European Motocross Championship, scoring six points to finish in twenty-first overall. After moving up to compete on an 85cc motorcycle in 2018, he had an injury it season. Making a comeback at national-level in 2019, he finished sixteenth in the 85 Espoirs class. Alongside this he finished fourth in the 85 class of the French Supercross Championship, winning both finals at the second round.
During the COVID-19 pandemic-impacted 2020 season, Valin finished second in the Espoirs 85 class behind Sacha Coenen, taking one race win and one overall win. Staying on an 85 for the 2021 season, Valin dominated the Espoirs class, winning four out of six rounds with maximum points scores.[3]
- EMX125
Staying with the 737 Performance team, Valin stepped up to compete on a 125cc motorcycle in 2022. Adapting quickly, he finished fourth in the final standings of the Junior 125 class in France, winning the final round of the championship. The team also entered him into EMX125 class of the 2022 European Motocross Championship, finishing twelfth in the final standings, with two top-six race finishes. Travelling to the FIM Motocross Junior World Championship, Valin finished sixth in the opening race but did not score in the second race, giving him an overall position of fourteenth. He represented France at the Motocross of European Nations, forming part of the team that won the event overall.[4] In addition, Valin dominated the Junior 125 class in the French Supercross Championship, winning every final across the three rounds to record a perfect score.
Valin started the 2023 European Motocross Championship by winning the opening round of the EMX125 class, thus becoming the championship leader.[5] After losing the lead at the second round, he would win four more races and two overalls across the rest of the championship, ending as runner-up to Jānis Reišulis. Valin resumed his battle with Reišulis at the FIM Motocross Junior World Championship, staged in Romania, this time gaining the upper hand in the one-off event and being crowned World Champion in the 125 class.[6] In the 2023 French Elite Motocross Championship, Valin recorded a perfect season in the Junior 125 class, winning every race in the seven rounds series.
250 Career
- EMX250
Valin moved into the EMX250 class for the 2024 European Motocross Championship, leaving the 737 Performance team to join BUD Racing Kawasaki.[7] He was an immediate challenger at the front of the class, winning the second race at the opening round. After a double race win in his native France, Valin took the championship lead from Valerio Lata, before winning three more overall wins and seven race wins to win the title at his first attempt. He combined his European title with winning the Elite MX2 class in the 2024 French Elite Motocross Championship, winning six individual races and three overall rounds.
- MX2
After a rapid and successful rise through the EMX ranks, Valin joined Kawasaki's factory team in the MX2 class of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship, as the manufacturer returned to the class after a period out.[8] He again adapted to the new class well, finishing fourth in the second race at the opening round. At the following round, Valin sustained a hand injury, which caused him to miss the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds of the championship.[9] Upon his return, he was a consistent figure within the top-ten, with a breakout weekend at the Czech round resulting in Valin winning the Saturday qualifying race and recording his first overall podium. After finishing the season in tenth in the standings, he was called up to represent France at the 2025 Motocross des Nations. In his first appearance at the event, Valin finished eighth in his individual qualifier and recorded a ninth in the first main race, as France finished third overall.
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Honours
FIM Motocross Junior World Championship
- 125: 2023
Motocross of European Nations
- Team Overall: 2022
European Motocross Championship
French Elite Motocross Championship
French Supercross Championship
- Junior 125: 2022
French Motocross Championship
- Minivert 65: 2017
Career statistics
Motocross des Nations
FIM Motocross World Championship
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References
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