Julien Absalon

Julien Absalon

Julien Absalon in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Julien Absalon
Born (1980-08-16) 16 August 1980
Remiremont, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Discipline Mountain bike racing
Role Rider
Rider type Cross-country
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
Competitor for  France
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Cross-country
2008 Beijing Cross-country
World Championships
2004 Les Gets Cross-country
2005 Livigno Cross-country
2006 Rotorua Cross-country
2007 Fort William Cross-country
2014 Hafjell Cross-country
2009 Canberra Cross-country
2015 Vallnord Cross-country
2011 Champéry Cross-country
World Cup
2003 Overall Cross-country
2005 Overall Cross-country
2006 Overall Cross-country
2007 Overall Cross-country
2008 Overall Cross-country
2009 Overall Cross-country
2010 Overall Cross-country
2011 Overall Cross-country
2013 Overall Cross-country
2014 Overall Cross-country
2015 Overall Cross-country
European Championships
2003 Graz Cross-country
2005 Kluisbergen Cross-country
2006 Lamosano Cross-country
2007 Göreme Cross-country
2011 Dohňany Cross-country
2013 Bern Cross-country
2014 St. Wendel Cross-country
2015 Alpago Cross-country

Julien Absalon (born 16 August 1980 in Remiremont, Vosges) is a French cross-country mountain biker, widely regarded as the greatest of all time in this discipline.

Career

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 six times (2003, 2006-2009, 2014) and has won a record 30 World Cup cross-country races as of May 31, 2015. He won five cross-country Mountain Bike World Championships (2004-2007, 2014). He has also won all thirteen French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2015. 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.

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