José Antonio Hermida Ramos (born August 24,
1978 in
Puigcerdà
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,
Girona
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) is a Spanish
cyclist
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of
Galician origin specializing in competitive
mountain biking. He won the
silver medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, Greece after having finished in fourth place in the
2000 Summer Olympics
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.
Career highlights
;1996
: 1st in
UCI Junior World Cross-country Championships,
;2000
: 1st in
UCI Under-23 World Cross-country Championships,
: 3rd in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL)
;2001
: 2nd in
UCI World Cup Cross Country, Mountainbike
: 1st in Napa Valley, Mountainbike (USA)
: 3rd in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL)
;2002
: 1st in European Championship, Mountainbike, Elite
;2003
: 2nd in Grouse Mountainke, Mountainbike (CAN)
;2004
: 1st in European Championship, Mountainbike, Elite
: 3rd in World Cup, Mountainbike
: 3rd in Schladming, Mountainbike (AUT)
: 3rd in Mont Sainte-Anne, Mountainbike (CAN)
: 2nd in
Olympic Games Cross-Country, Mountainbike, Athene
;2005
: 2nd in
UCI World Cup Cross Country, Mountainbike
: 2nd in Madrid, Mountainbike (ESP)
: 3rd in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL)
: 1st in Balneario Camboriu, Mountainbike (BRA)
: 3rd in World Championship, Mountainbike XC Elite, Livigno
;2006
: 2nd in Spa-Francorchamps, Mountainbike (BEL)
: 2nd in Fort William, Mountainbike (GBR)
: 3nd in
UCI World Cup Cross Country, Mountainbike
;2007
: 1st in
National Cyclo-cross Championship, Elite, Spain, Alcobendas (ESP)
: 1st in Houffalize, Mountainbike (BEL)
: 2nd in Mont Sainte-Anne, Mountainbike (CAN)
: 2nd in Saint Félicien, Mountainbike (CAN)
: 1st in European Championship, Mountainbike, Elite, Cappadocia (TUR)
: 2nd in
UCI World Cup Cross Country, Mountainbike
;2008
: 1st in
National Cyclo-cross Championship, Elite, Spain, Alcobendas (ESP)
: 2nd in Ispaster, Cyclo-cross (ESP)
: 3rd in
UCI World Cup Cross Country, Mountainbike
: 10th in
Olympic Games Cross-country, Mountain Bike, Beijing
;2009
: 2nd in
UCI World Cup Cross Country, Mountainbike
;2010
: 1st in
UCI World Cross-country Championships, Mont Sainte-Anne (CAN)
;2012
:4th in
Olympic Games Cross-country, Mountain Bike, London
References
Spanish Olympic Committee*
1978 births
Living people
Spanish male cyclists
Cross-country mountain bikers
Cyclo-cross cyclists
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Spain
Olympic silver medalists for Spain
Olympic medalists in cycling
People from Cerdanya (comarca)
UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men)
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Spain
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Catalonia
Spanish people of Galician descent
Sportspeople from the Province of Girona
21st-century Spanish people
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