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{{short description|American motorcycle racer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| name         = Andrew Putt
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1998|07|30}}
| birth_place  = [[Venetia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| nationality  = {{flagicon|USA}} American
| death_date   =
| death_place  =
| Current team =  Sherco
| Bike number  =
| website      =
}}
'''Andrew Putt''' (born July 30, 1998 in [[Venetia, Pennsylvania]]) is an American International [[motorcycle trial]]s rider.
==Biography==
Putt started riding at national level in the Junior class in 2011. The following year he won the class and with it his first national title.
In 2013 he moved up to ride in the NATC Expert championship, finishing a creditable 4th position. He almost clinched the title in 2014 with a spirited 2nd place, being held off all season by defending champion Ray Peters.<ref name="NATC Profiles">{{cite web |url=http://www.mototrials.com/7-rider-profiles/2012-class-winners |title=NATC Profiles 2015 |publisher=mototrials.com |accessdate=August 31, 2016}}</ref>
2015 was to be a big year for Putt, moving up to ride in the Pro class. He ended the season in the runner-up spot behind multi-time champion [[Patrick Smage]], the highlight of his season being two victories in the final two rounds of the series in Wyoming.<ref name="NATCChampions">{{cite web |url=http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/01.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm |title=NATC Championship |publisher=trialonline.org |accessdate=August 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609165935/http://www.trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/01.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm |archivedate=June 9, 2016 }}</ref> Putt was also a member of the 2015 American TDN team alongside Bryan Roper, [[Logan Bolopue]] and Daniel Blanc-Gonnet who finished in 5th place after traveling to Tarragona, Spain.<ref name="US Trials des Nations Team Announced">{{cite web |url=http://www.mototrials.com/news/2015/6/22/159-us-trial-des-nations-team-announced |title=US Trials des Nations Team Announced |publisher=motortrials.com |accessdate=August 31, 2016}}</ref>
All set for an assault on the title for 2016, things didn't quite go as planned for Putt after former world number two Spaniard Marc Freixa joined the series and won the majority of the rounds. His best finish of the season was a 2nd place behind Freixa in Colorado, and he finished the season in 3rd.<ref name="NATC2016">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclenews.com/2016/06/article/marc-freixa-clinches-2016-mototrials-championship/ |title=Marc Freixa Clinches 2016 MotoTrials Championship |publisher=cyclenews.com |accessdate=August 31, 2016}}</ref> Putt didn't finish the season empty handed though, winning the annual El Trial de Espana held by the So-Cal Trials Association (SCTA).<ref name="ElTrial">{{cite web |url=http://socaltrials.com/el-trial-de-espana.htm |title=El Trial de Espana winners |publisher=socaltrials.com.org |accessdate=19 June 2021 }}</ref>
==National Trials Championship Career==
<ref name="NATCChampions"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|- valign="top"
!valign="middle"| Year
!valign="middle"| Class
!valign="middle"| Machine
! Rd<br />1
! Rd<br />2
! Rd<br />3
! Rd<br />4
! Rd<br />5
! Rd<br />6
! Rd<br />7
! Rd<br />8
! Rd<br />9
! Rd<br />10
!valign="middle"| Points
!valign="middle"| Pos
!valign="middle"| Notes
|-
! 2013
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} NATC Expert
|
| NY<br /><small>4</small>
| NY<br /><small>5</small>
| VT<br /><small>6</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| VT<br /><small>3</small>
| AZ<br /><small>4</small>
| AZ<br /><small>5</small>
| NM<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NM<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MN<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MN<br /><small>2</small>
| '''128'''
| ''' 4th'''
|
|-
! 2014
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} NATC Expert
| [[Sherco]]
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CO<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| CO<br /><small>1</small>
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| KS<br /><small>1</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| KS<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| PA<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| PA<br /><small>1</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| TN<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| TN<br /><small>3</small>
|
|
| '''140'''
| '''2nd'''
|
|-
! 2015
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} NATC Pro
| [[Sherco]]
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| TX<br /><small>3</small>
| TX<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| AZ<br /><small>3</small>
| AZ<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NE<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NE<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| OH<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| OH<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| WY<br /><small>1</small>
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| WY<br /><small>1</small>
| '''234'''
| '''2nd'''
| Member of US Trial des Nations team
|-
! 2016
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} NATC Pro
| [[Sherco]]
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FL<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FL<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| TN<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| TN<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| OR<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| OR<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CO<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| CO<br /><small>3</small>
|
|
| '''151'''
| '''3rd'''
|El Trial de Espana winner (SCTA) <ref name="ElTrial"></ref>
|-
! 2017
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} NATC Pro
| [[Sherco]]
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| TX<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| TX<br /><small>2</small>
| KS<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| KS<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| OH<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| OH<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| RI<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| RI<br /><small>3</small>
|
|
| '''169'''
| '''3rd'''
|
|}
==Honors==
* US NATC National Junior Champion 2012
* El Trial de Espana winner 2016
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== References ==
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[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American motorcycle racers]]
[[Category:Motorcycle trials riders]]