Jaroslav Kulhavý
 Kulhavý at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jaroslav Kulhavý | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1985 Ústí nad Orlicí | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Specialized Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Mountain bike racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Absa Cape Epic Champion 2013 and 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaroslav Kulhavý (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslaf ˈkulɦaviː]; born 8 January 1985 in Ústí nad Orlicí), is a Czech mountain biker. He won the gold medal in the cross-country event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the overall winner of the UCI World Cup in 2011, along with taking 3rd place in 2010 and 2012. In 2013 and 2015 Kulhavy partnered with Christoph Sauser to win the Absa Cape Epic mountain bike stage race ("Tour de France of mountain biking"). In June 2014 he took the world title in mountain bike marathon.
Achievements
- 2015
- UEC MTB Marathon European Champion
- Winner with Christoph Sauser of the Absa Cape Epic
- 2014
- UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Champion (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
- 2013
- Winner with Christoph Sauser of the Absa Cape Epic
- 2012
1st place in Olympic Games (London, Great Britain)- 3rd place at World Cup (overall ranking)
- 2011
- UCI Mountain Bike World Champion (Champery, Switzerland)
2nd place at UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships- 1st place at World Cup (overall ranking)
- European Champion
- 2010
- 2nd place at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada)
- 3rd place at World Cup (overall ranking)
- European Champion
- National Champion in MTB Marathon
- 2009
- 9th place at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Cambera, Australia)
- 2008
- National XC MTB Champion
- 10th place at World Cup (overall ranking)
- 18th place in Olympic Games (Beijing, China)
- 2007
- 3rd place at World Cup (U23)
- 2nd place at European Championship (U23)
- 2003
- Junior World Champion
- Junior European Champion
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaroslav Kulhavý.
- Official website
- Jaroslav Kulhavý at Cycling Archives (archive)
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