Julien Absalon

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Julien Absalon
File:Julien Absalon La Bresse 2012.jpg
Julien Absalon in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Julien Absalon
Born (1980-08-16) 16 August 1980 (age 43)
Remiremont, France
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Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Discipline Mountain bike racing
Role Rider
Rider type Cross-country
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Cross-country
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Les Gets Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2005 Livigno Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2006 Rotorua Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2007 Fort William Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2014 Hafjell Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2009 Canberra Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2015 Vallnord Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Champéry Cross-country
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Overall Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2006 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2007 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2008 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2009 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2010 Overall Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Overall Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2014 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2015 Overall Cross-country
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Graz Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kluisbergen Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2006 Lamosano Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2007 Göreme Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2011 Dohňany Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bern Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2014 St. Wendel Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 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

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