What is Luis Salom?
[[File:Luis Salom 2013 Catalunya.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Salom at the pitwalk of [[2013 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix|2013 Catalan Grand Prix]]]] '''Luis Jaime Salom Horrach'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fedemoto.net/ImgFCK/file/CEV/Provisionales/5Albacete/5125GP.pdf|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|title=Campeonato de España de Velocidad, Circuito de Albacete&nbsp;– 5ª Prueba: Clasificación Provisional|publisher=[[Dorna Sports]]|work=CEV Buckler|access-date=9 November 2010|date=21 September 2008|archive-date=16 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816023919/http://fedemoto.net/ImgFCK/file/CEV/Provisionales/5Albacete/5125GP.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> (7 August 1991 &ndash; 3 June 2016) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] motorcycle racer. He was born in [[Palma, Majorca]]. Salom won his first Grand Prix in [[2012 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix|Indianapolis]] in 2012, beating [[Sandro Cortese]] and [[Maverick Viñales]] in a last-lap fight. He also won at [[2012 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix|Aragon]]. He finished the championship in second behind Cortese. ==Death== Salom died on 3 June 2016 while racing in the [[2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix|2016 Catalan Moto2 Grand Prix]] in [[Barcelona]] after crashing against a wall, aged 24.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/230979/1/catalulnya-motogp-to-use-f1-layout-following-salom-tragedy.html|title=Catalulnya MotoGP to use F1 layout following Salom tragedy|work=Crash.net|publisher=Crash.net|date=3 June 2016|access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Luis+Salom Profile on motogp.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617131025/http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Luis+Salom |date=2017-06-17 }} * {{official website|http://luisalom39.com/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Salom, Luis}} [[Category:1991 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths in sport]] [[Category:Spanish motorcycle racers]] {{sports-bio-stu