Henrik Djernis (born 22 April 1968) is a
Danish
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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
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(in
Métabief, France), and
1994
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(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
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S ...
by
Tom Ritchey
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.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
;1983
: 1st
National Junior Championships
;1984
: 1st
National Junior Championships
;1985
: 1st
National Championships
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;1986
: 1st
National Championships
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;1987
: 1st
National Championships
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;1988
: 1st
National Championships
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: 3rd
UCI Amateur World Championships
;1989
: 1st
National Championships
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;1990
: 1st
National Championships
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;1991
: 1st
National Championships
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: 2nd
UCI Amateur World Championships
;1992
: 1st
National Championships
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;1993
: 1st
National Championships
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: 1st
UCI Amateur World Championships
;1994
: 1st
National Championships
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;1995
: 1st
National Championships
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;1996
: 1st
National Championships
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;1997
: 1st
National Championships
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;1998
: 1st
National Championships
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: 3rd
UCI World Championships
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;2000
: 1st
National Championships
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;2001
: 1st
National Championships
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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
His nomination page on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.
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1968 births
Living people
Danish male cyclists
Cross-country mountain bikers
Cyclo-cross cyclists
People from Kalundborg Municipality
UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men)
Cyclists from Region Zealand