Juli Furtado

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Juliana Furtado (b. April 4, 1967 in New York City) is an American mountain biker.

Furtado began her sports career in skiing. From 1980 to 1987, she was the youngest member of the U.S. National ski team.

In 1989, Furtado won the National Road Championship and in 1990 she won the cross-country event in (along with Ned Overend) the first official Mountain Bike World Championship, held in Durango, Colorado. In 1992 she won the downhill world championship. In 1996, Furtado won both the World Cup (her 3rd WC championship) and the NORBA (U.S. National race authority) cross-country championships, and she also participated in the Atlanta Olympics. She was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1993.

Although American by birth, Furtado is of partial Portuguese ancestry.

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