Elmer Symons
Elmer Symons ( born February 14, 1977 in Ladysmith, South Africa, † January 9, 2007 in Morocco) was a South African motorcycle racer.
Symons began his career as an enduro riders in 1996 in his native South Africa. After moving to the United States in 2003, he was able to achieve good rankings in numerous regional competitions. In the years 2005 and 2006 he took part as a mechanic at the Dakar Rally, 2007, he went for the first time as the participants at the start. 142 kilometers after the start of Stage 4 from Errachidia to Ouarzazate he crashed on his own KTM fatal. Symons is the 54th fatality in the history of the Dakar Rally.