Carlos "Charlie" Checa (born October 15, 1972 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former professional motorcycle road racer and winner of the 2011 Superbike World Championship. After racing in 500cc and MotoGP for over a decade, mostly on Honda and Yamaha machinery with and without full manufacturer support, he moved to the Superbike World Championship on a Honda for 2008. He has two Grand Prix victories. He has a younger brother, David Checa, also a motorcycle racer who competed in the Superbike World Championship for 2008.
Currently competing in Moto GP on a Tech 3 Yamaha YZR M1 [2006]
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Currently competing in Moto GP on a Marlboro Ducati GP5 [2005]
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Hobbies - Reading, karting, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding and the occasional skydive
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Father broke his leg while rushing to the hospital on a motorcycle when Carlos was about to be born
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In 1998 at Donington Park, he had a high speed crash, suffering internal injuries including a ruptured spleen. Then suffered a relapse in the hospital, losing his sight and suffering partial paralysis for 19 hours. Within seven weeks he was back racing again.