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Jenny Rissveds
Rissveds in 2016
Personal information
Full nameJenny Rissveds
Born (1994-06-06) 6 June 1994 (age 30)
Falun, Sweden
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam 31
DisciplineMountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cross-country
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bern Eliminator
World Under-23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Nové Město Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Vallnord Cross-country
European Under-23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bern Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2016 Huskvarna Cross-country
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Moscow Cross-country

Jenny Rissveds (born 6 June 1994) is a Swedish cross-country mountainbike rider.[1] She won the gold medal in the under-23 mountainbike race at the World Championships in 2016.[2]

Born in Falun, Rissveds won the gold medal in women's cross country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3] In March 2017 Rissveds rode the eight-day Absa Cape Epic stage race in South Africa for the first time. Together with manager Thomas Frischknecht they won the Mixed category comfortably after covering the 641 km route.

In July 2017, she was awarded the Victoria Scholarship.[4]

On 11 August 2019, she won her first world cup victory post-her 2016 Summer Olympics gold medal, when winning a World Cup competition in Lenzerheide in Switzerland.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Jenny Rissveds -Mountainbike". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Svenskt VM–guld i mountainbike". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Olympics Rio 2016: Sweden's Jenny Rissveds wins gold in women's cross-country". Eurosport. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Crown Princess Victoria 40th birthday celebration". European Pressphoto Agency. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ Theo Bylund (11 August 2019). "Rissveds tog sin första seger sen comebacken" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2019.