Anthony
Gobert On
Palliative
Care
O
ne of the most tal-
ented and polarizing riders
ever to grace the world champi-
onship grid, Australia's Anthony
Gobert, has been hospitalized in
Australia due to an ongoing ill-
ness undisclosed by the Gobert
family at this time.
A brief Facebook post shared
by Anthony's younger brother,
Aaron, read, "It is with sadness
that we have to announce that
Anthony is currently hospitalized
in palliative care and is in the
final stages of his life following
a short illness—please be aware
that we will provide any available
updates in due course. During
this difficult time, the videos of
Anthony being distributed during
what has been an extremely
troubled period of his life are
deeply concerning; however,
on behalf of Anthony, we must
thank his many supporters from
throughout his racing career."
Anthony Gobert, the eldest of
the three Gobert brothers, along
-
side Aaron and Alex, who all
competed with distinction in the
AMA Superbike Championships
in the 2000s, was widely regard-
ed as one of the most talented
riders of his generation.
After winning numerous
Australian motocross and
supercross championships, he
switched to road racing in 1992
and went on to win the 1994
Australian Superbike Champi-
onship for Honda at his first
attempt.
A famous win for Muzzy
Kawasaki as a wildcard rookie at
Phillip Island's 1994 WorldSBK
round saw him move full-time
into WorldSBK, riding for Rob
Muzzy between 1995 and 1997
before switching to Lucky Strike
Suzuki for the 1997 500cc World
Championship.
That move didn't last the full
season after he lost his ride due
to testing positive for marijuana.
Gobert then moved to the AMA
Championship for the next eight
seasons, riding for teams such
as Vance and Hines Ducati and
the factory Yamaha team.
Gobert returned to Australia
in 2005 and raced sporadi-
cally until 2007 in the Australian
Superbike Championship before
disappearing from public life in
2008.
He has been seen and heard
from on only a couple of occa-
sions since as he continued to
battle substance abuse but a
recent slew of videos in which
Anthony is almost unrecogniz-
able have given great concern
to the Gobert family, who have
asked for privacy at this time.
We will have more updates for
you as they become available.
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Anthony Gobert, seen
here in Vance and Hines
Ducati attire, has been
taken into palliative care
as the Australian nears
the end of his life.
