José Antonio Hermida

Hermida at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Personal information

Full name

José Antonio Hermida Ramos

Born

August 24, 1978
Puigcerdà, Spain

Team information

Discipline

Mountain bike racing

Role

Rider

Rider type

Cross-country

Medal record

Mountain bike racing
Competitor for Spain
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Mountain Bike
World Championships
	2010 Mont Sainte-Anne	Cross Country
	2005 Livigno	Cross Country
	2013 Pietermaritzburg	Cross-country

José Antonio Hermida Ramos (born on August 24, 1978 in Puigcerdà, Girona) is a Spanish cyclist of Galician origin specializing in competitive mountain biking. He won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after having finished in fourth place in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Career highlights

2000: 3rd in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL)
2001: 2nd in World Cup, Mountainbike; 1st in Napa Valley, Mountainbike (USA); 3rd in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL)
2001: 3rd in Mont Sainte-Anne, Mountainbike (CAN)
2002: 1st in European Championship, Mountainbike, Elite
2003: 2nd in Grouse Mountainke, Mountainbike (CAN)
2004: 1st in European Championship, Mountainbike, Elite; 3rd in World Cup, Mountainbike; 3rd in Schladming, Mountainbike (AUT); 3rd in Mont Sainte-Anne, Mountainbike (CAN); 2nd in Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Athene
2005: 2nd in World Cup, Mountainbike; 2nd in Madrid, Mountainbike (ESP); 3rd in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL); 1st in Balneario Camboriu, Mountainbike (BRA); 3rd in World Championship, Mountainbike XC Elite, Livigno
2006: 2nd in Spa-Francorchamps, Mountainbike (BEL); 2nd in Fort William, Mountainbike (GBR); 3rd in World Cup, Mountainbike
2007: 1st in National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Elite, Spain, Alcobendas (ESP); 1st in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL); 2nd in Mont Sainte-Anne, Mountainbike (CAN); 2nd in Saint Félicien, Mountainbike (CAN); 1st in European Championship, Mountainbike, Elite, Cappadocia (TUR); 2nd in World Cup, Mountainbike
2008: 1st in National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Elite, Spain, Villarcayo (ESP); 2nd in Ispaster, Cyclo-cross (ESP)
2010: 1st in World Championships, Mont Sainte-Anne (CAN)
2012: 4th in Olympic Games, Mountain Bike, London

References

Spanish Olympic Committee
José Antonio Hermida profile at Cycling Archives

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