Julien Absalon

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Julien Absalon
Personal information
Full name Julien Absalon
Born (1980-08-16) 16 August 1980
Remiremont, France
Weight 70 kg (154 pounds)
Team information
Discipline Mountain bike racing
Role Rider
Rider type Cross-country
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
Competitor for  France
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens Cross-country
Gold 2008 Beijing Cross-country
World Championships
Gold 2004 Les Gets Cross-country
Gold 2005 Livigno Cross-country
Gold 2006 Rotorua Cross-country
Gold 2007 Fort William Cross-country
Silver 2009 Canberra Cross-country
Bronze 2011 Champéry Cross-country
European Championships
Silver 2003 Graz Cross-country
Silver 2005 Kluisbergen Cross-country
Gold 2006 Lamosano Cross-country
Silver 2007 Göreme Cross-country
Silver 2011 Dohňany Cross-country

Julien Absalon (born 16 August 1980 in Remiremont, Vosges) is a French cross-country mountain biker. He won consecutive gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics cross-country race, he suffered a tyre puncture in the opening lap. After changing tyre and noticing that he was trailing the leader by 55 seconds, he decided to abandon the race, seeing that his chances of winning a medal had disappeared.[1] [2] He has been overall winner of the World Cup mountain bike cross-country series five times (2003, 2006-2009) and has won 23 World Cup cross-country races as of year-end 2011. He won four consecutive cross-country Mountain Bike World Championships from 2004 to 2007. He has also won all eleven French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2013. He currently rides for the BMC Racing Team. He previously rode for Bianchi (2001-2006) and Orbea (2007-2012).

References

  1. ↑ "Absalon crashes as Kulhavy wins Olympic mountain bike gold". Reuters. Retrieved 14 August 2012. 
  2. ↑ "2-time Olympic champ Absalon fails to finish after puncture in Olympic mountain bike race". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 August 2012. 

External links

Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Mountain Bike
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