Henrik Djernis
Henrik Djernis (born 22 April 1968) is a Danish cyclist. He competed in cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road racing. He was the first man to win the World Mountain Bike Championship three times, which he did in 1992 (in Bromont, QC, Canada), 1993 (in Métabief, France), and 1994 (in Vail, CO, United States). Djernis won the Danish Cyclocross National Championship ten times in a row from 1989 to 1998 and then won the title twice more in 2000 and 2001.
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Born | Svebølle, near Kalundborg, Denmark | 22 April 1968|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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He has been nominated for induction into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame by Tom Ritchey.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 1983
- 1st National Junior Championships
- 1984
- 1st National Junior Championships
- 1985
- 1st National Championships
- 1986
- 1st National Championships
- 1987
- 1st National Championships
- 1988
- 1st National Championships
- 3rd UCI Amateur World Championships
- 1989
- 1st National Championships
- 1990
- 1st National Championships
- 1991
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd UCI Amateur World Championships
- 1992
- 1st National Championships
- 1993
- 1st National Championships
- 1st UCI Amateur World Championships
- 1994
- 1st National Championships
- 1995
- 1st National Championships
- 1996
- 1st National Championships
- 1997
- 1st National Championships
- 1998
- 1st National Championships
- 3rd UCI World Championships
- 2000
- 1st National Championships
- 2001
- 1st National Championships
Mountain bike
- 1992
- 1st UCI World XCO Championships
- 1993
- 1st UCI World XCO Championships
- 1st National XCO Championships
- 1994
- 1st UCI World XCO Championships
- 1st National XCO Championships
- 1997
- 1st National XCO Championships
- 2nd UCI World XCO Championships
- 1998
- 1st National XCO Championships
- 1999
- 1st National XCO Championships
- 2000
- 1st National XCO Championships
Sources
- Ritchey, Tom 1999 Biography of Henrik Djernis for his nomination to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
External links
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