Jaroslav Kulhavý

Jaroslav Kulhavý

Kulhavý at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Jaroslav Kulhavý
Born (1985-01-08) 8 January 1985
Ústí nad Orlicí
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team Specialized Racing
Discipline Mountain bike racing
Role Rider
Rider type Cross-country
Major wins
Absa Cape Epic Champion 2013 and 2015

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)
1st 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

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