Henrik Djernis
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Born | , near Kalundborg, Denmark | 22 April 1968
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Current team | Retired |
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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.
He has been nominated for induction into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame by Tom Ritchey.[when?][citation needed]
Major results[]
Cyclo-cross[]
- 1983
- 1st
- 1984
- 1st
- 1985
- 1st
- 1986
- 1st
- 1987
- 1st
- 1988
- 1st
- 3rd UCI Amateur World Championships
- 1989
- 1st
- 1990
- 1st
- 1991
- 1st
- 2nd UCI Amateur World Championships
- 1992
- 1st
- 1993
- 1st
- 1st UCI Amateur World Championships
- 1994
- 1st
- 1995
- 1st
- 1996
- 1st
- 1997
- 1st
- 1998
- 1st
- 3rd
- 2000
- 1st
- 2001
- 1st
Mountain bike[]
- 1992
- 1st UCI World XCO Championships
- 1993
- 1st UCI World XCO Championships
- 1st
- 1994
- 1st UCI World XCO Championships
- 1st
- 1997
- 1st
- 2nd UCI World XCO Championships
- 1998
- 1st
- 1999
- 1st
- 2000
- 1st
Sources[]
- Ritchey, Tom 1999 Biography of Henrik Djernis for his nomination to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
External links[]
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Danish male cyclists
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Cyclo-cross cyclists
- People from Kalundborg Municipality
- UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men)