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Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered to be one of the most successful cross-country cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, Absalon gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2004–2007, 2014), seven UCI World Cup overall titles (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016) and 33 World Cup rounds, which was an all-time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023. He also won all fourteen French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2016, and five European Championships (2006, 2013–2016).
Source:[1] 2003: Absalon won his first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.
2004: Gold at World Champions and the Athens Olympic Games.
2005: Absalon again won the World Championships.
2006: Winner at the World Championships, European Championships, French Championships and the overall World Cup.
2007: World Champion and World Cup Champion
2008: Won 2nd Gold Medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, World Cup Champion
2009: Number 1 World Ranking for all but 5 days of the year. Winner of UCI MTB World Cup for the 5th time, silver at the World Championships
2010: 2nd Overall at World Championships
2011: 3rd at the World Championships and World Cup
2012: At the 2012 Summer Olympics cross-country race, he suffered a tyre puncture in the opening lap. After changing tyre and noticing that he was trailing the leader by 55 seconds, he decided to abandon the race, seeing that his chances of winning a medal had disappeared.[2][3]
2013: Won European Championships
2014: Wins 5th World Championship title, French and European Championships. His season was cut short when, that November, he suffered a broken collarbone during a cyclocross race.
2015: Absalon wins the European Championships, French Championships, and finished second overall in the World Championships. Completed the season ranked world number 1.
2016: Finishes the Rio Olympic Games in 8th place.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French July 2023 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the French article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr Julien Absalon see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated fr Julien Absalon to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Julien Arnaud Absalon born 16 August 1980 is a French former cross country mountain biker who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018 He is considered to be one of the most successful cross country cyclists of all time Throughout his career Absalon gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics five World Championships 2004 2007 2014 seven UCI World Cup overall titles 2003 2006 2009 2014 2016 and 33 World Cup rounds which was an all time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023 He also won all fourteen French cross country championships between 2003 and 2016 and five European Championships 2006 2013 2016 Julien AbsalonAbsalon at the Albstadt round of the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World CupPersonal informationFull nameJulien AbsalonBorn 1980 08 16 16 August 1980 age 43 Remiremont FranceHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Weight70 kg 154 lb Team informationCurrent teamRetiredDisciplineMountain bike racingRoleRiderRider typeCross countryAmateur team1996 2000Scott FranceProfessional teams2001 2006Bianchi2007 2012Orbea2013 2018BMC Mountainbike Racing TeamMajor winsMountain bike Olympic Games XC 2004 2008 World XC Championships 2004 2005 2006 2007 2014 European XC Championships 2006 2013 2014 2015 2016 National XC Championships 2003 2016 Medal record Men s mountain bike racing Representing France Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 5 2 2 World Cup 7 2 3 European Championships 5 4 0 Total 19 8 5 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Cross country 2008 Beijing Cross country World Championships 2004 Les Gets Cross country 2005 Livigno Cross country 2006 Rotorua Cross country 2007 Fort William Cross country 2014 Hafjell Cross country 2009 Canberra Cross country 2015 Vallnord Cross country 2011 Champery Cross country 2016 Nove Mesto Cross country World Cup 2003 Overall Cross country 2006 Overall Cross country 2007 Overall Cross country 2008 Overall Cross country 2009 Overall Cross country 2014 Overall Cross country 2016 Overall Cross country 2010 Overall Cross country 2015 Overall Cross country 2005 Overall Cross country 2011 Overall Cross country 2013 Overall Cross country 2019 Leogang E MTB Cross country European Championships 2006 Lamosano Cross country 2013 Bern Cross country 2014 St Wendel Cross country 2015 Alpago Cross country 2016 Huskvarna Cross country 2003 Graz Cross country 2005 Kluisbergen Cross country 2007 Goreme Cross country 2011 Dohnany Cross country 2017 Darfo Boario Terme Cross country Contents 1 Career highlights 2 Major results 3 References 4 External linksCareer highlights editSource 1 2003 Absalon won his first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2004 Gold at World Champions and the Athens Olympic Games 2005 Absalon again won the World Championships 2006 Winner at the World Championships European Championships French Championships and the overall World Cup 2007 World Champion and World Cup Champion2008 Won 2nd Gold Medal at the Beijing Olympic Games World Cup Champion2009 Number 1 World Ranking for all but 5 days of the year Winner of UCI MTB World Cup for the 5th time silver at the World Championships2010 2nd Overall at World Championships2011 3rd at the World Championships and World Cup2012 At the 2012 Summer Olympics cross country race he suffered a tyre puncture in the opening lap After changing tyre and noticing that he was trailing the leader by 55 seconds he decided to abandon the race seeing that his chances of winning a medal had disappeared 2 3 2013 Won European Championships2014 Wins 5th World Championship title French and European Championships His season was cut short when that November he suffered a broken collarbone during a cyclocross race 2015 Absalon wins the European Championships French Championships and finished second overall in the World Championships Completed the season ranked world number 1 2016 Finishes the Rio Olympic Games in 8th place Major results edit1998 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Junior Championships 1st nbsp Cross country UEC European Junior Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Junior Championships 1999 2nd nbsp Cross country UEC European Under 23 Championships 2nd Cross country National Under 23 Championships 5th Cross country UCI World Under 23 Championships 2000 2nd nbsp Team relay UCI World Championships 4th Cross country UCI World Under 23 Championships 2001 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Under 23 Championships UCI XCO World Cup1st Durango dd 1st nbsp Cross country UEC European Under 23 Championships 1st nbsp Team relay UEC European Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Under 23 Championships 2002 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Under 23 Championships 1st nbsp Cross country UEC European Under 23 Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Under 23 Championships 2nd nbsp Team relay UCI World Championships 2003 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 1st nbsp Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Mont Sainte Anne 3rd Kaprun 3rd Sankt Wendel 3rd Fort William 3rd Grouse Mountain dd 2nd nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 2004 1st nbsp Cross country Olympic Games 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships UCI XCO World Cup1st Schladming 3rd Houffalize 3rd Madrid dd 5th Cross country UEC European Championships 2005 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 2nd nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Spa Francorchamps 1st Madrid 3rd Willingen dd 2006 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 1st nbsp Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Spa Francorchamps 1st Fort William 1st Madrid 2nd Curacao 3rd Mont Sainte Anne dd 2007 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 1st nbsp Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Saint Felicien 1st Offenburg 1st Mont Sainte Anne 1st Champery 2nd Houffalize dd 2nd nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 2008 1st nbsp Cross country Olympic Games 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 1st nbsp Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Madrid 1st Mont Sainte Anne 1st Houffalize 1st Offenburg 1st Bromont dd 2009 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 1st nbsp Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Madrid 1st Mont Sainte Anne 1st Houffalize 1st Offenburg 2nd Champery 2nd Pietermaritzburg dd 2nd nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 2010 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Offenburg 2nd Val di Sole 2nd Dalby Forest dd 5th Cross country UCI World Championships 2011 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 2nd nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 3rd nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Offenburg 2nd Pietermaritzburg 2nd Dalby Forest 3rd Nove Mesto dd 2012 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships UCI XCO World Cup1st Houffalize 1st La Bresse dd 4th Cross country UCI World Championships 4th Cross country UEC European Championships 2013 1st nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Mont Sainte Anne 2nd Nove Mesto 2nd Val di Sole dd 2014 1st nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 1st nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 1st nbsp Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Pietermaritzburg 1st Cairns 1st Albstadt 2nd Mont Sainte Anne 2nd Meribel 2nd Windham dd 2015 1st nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 2nd nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st Albstadt 2nd Val di Sole 2nd Windham 2nd Mont Sainte Anne 3rd Nove Mesto dd 2016 1st nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships 1st nbsp Cross country National Championships 1st nbsp Overall UCI XCO World Cup1st La Bresse 1st Vallnord 1st Mont Sainte Anne 2nd Albstadt 2nd Lenzerheide 3rd Cairns dd 3rd nbsp Cross country UCI World Championships 2017 2nd nbsp Cross country UEC European Championships UCI XCO World Cup3rd Nove Mesto 3rd Vallnord dd 2018 1st nbsp Cross country National E MTB Championships 2019 2nd Cross country National E MTB Championships 3rd nbsp Cross country UCI World E MTB ChampionshipsReferences edit Julien Absalon BMC Switzerland www bmc switzerland com Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Absalon crashes as Kulhavy wins Olympic mountain bike gold Reuters Archived from the original on 19 April 2013 Retrieved 14 August 2012 2 time Olympic champ Absalon fails to finish after puncture in Olympic mountain bike race The Washington Post Archived from the original on 13 April 2017 Retrieved 15 August 2012 External links editJulien Absalon at Cycling Archives nbsp Julien Absalon at CycleBase nbsp Julien Absalon at MTB Data nbsp Julien Absalon at eWRC results com nbsp Julien Absalon at Olympics com nbsp Julien Absalon at Olympedia nbsp Julien Absalon at the French Olympic and Sports Committee archived in French nbsp Julien Absalon at Team France in French nbsp Official website in French Julien Absalon profile 2012 Olympic Games biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Julien Absalon amp oldid 1222046539, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
