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Henrik Djernis

Henrik Djernis
Medal record
Representing Denmark
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Bromont Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 1993 Métabief Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 1994 Vail Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 1997 Château-d'Œx Cross-country
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Hägendorf Under 23
Silver medal – second place 1991 Gieten Under 23
Gold medal – first place 1993 Corva Elite Men's Race
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Middelfart Elite Men's Race

Henrik Djernis (born 22 April 1968 in Svebølle, near Kalundborg) 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.

He has been nominated for induction into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame by Tom Ritchey.

Palmares

1983
Danish Junior Cyclocross Champion
1984
Danish Junior Cyclocross Champion
1985
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
1986
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
1987
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
1988
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
Bronze at World Championships in Cyclocross
1989
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
1990
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
1991
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
Silver at World Championships in Cyclocross
1992
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
World Mountain Bike Champion
1993
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
Danish National Mountain Bike Champion
World Cyclocross Champion
World Mountain Bike Champion
1994
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
Danish National Mountain Bike Champion
World Mountain Bike Champion
1995
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
1996
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
1997
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
Danish National Mountain Bike Champion
Silver at World Championships in MTB
1998
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
Danish National Mountain Bike Champion
2000
Danish National Cyclocross Champion
2001
Danish National Cyclocross Champion

Sources

  • Ritchey, Tom 1999 Biography of Henrik Djernis for his nomination to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

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