Manuel Fumic (born 30 March 1982) is a German
cross-country
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cyclist
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. He finished 8th at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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and 11th at the
2008 Olympic Games
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. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, he competed in the
men's cross-country at
Hadleigh Farm
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, finishing in 7th place. At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, he finished in 13th place.
He was on the start list for the 2018 cross-country European Championship but was not able to finish. He is the younger brother of
Lado Fumic
Lado Fumic (born 20 May 1976) is a German former professional cross-country mountain biker. He is the older brother of fellow cyclist Manuel Fumic. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th in the cross-country in 2000. He ...
.
Major results
;2001
: 1st
National Under-23 XCO Championships
;2002
: 1st
National Under-23 XCO Championships
;2003
: 1st
National Under-23 XCO Championships
: 2nd
UCI Under-23 World XCO Championships
: 3rd
European Under-23 XCO Championships
;2004
: 1st
UCI Under-23 World XCO Championships
: 1st
European Under-23 XCO Championships
: 1st
National Under-23 XCO Championships
;2008
: 1st
National XCO Championships
;2010
: 2nd
Mixed relay,
UCI World Championships
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;2012
: 1st
National XCO Championships
: 3rd
Mixed relay,
UCI World Championships
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;2013
: 2nd
UCI World XCO Championships
: 3rd
Mixed relay,
UCI World Championships
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;2014
: 4th Overall
UCI XCO World Cup
;2015
:
European Championships
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::1st
Mixed relay
::3rd
XCO
: 1st
National XCO Championships
;2017
: 1st
National XCO Championships
: 3rd
European XCO Championships
;2018
: 1st
National XCO Championships
: 2nd
Mixed relay,
UCI World Championships
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;2019
: 2nd Overall
Cape Epic
The Absa Cape Epic, founded by Kevin Vermaak and also known as the Cape Epic, is an annual mountain bike stage race held in the Western Cape, South Africa. First staged in 2004, it has been accredited as ''hors catégorie'' (beyond categoriza ...
(with
Henrique Avancini
Henrique Avancini (born 30 March 1989) is a Brazilian mountain bike racer. He rode at the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Partnered with German rider Manuel Fumic at the 2016 and 2017 Absa Cape Epic, he won the prologue time t ...
)
;2021
: 1st
National XCO Championships
References
External links
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German male cyclists
Cross-country mountain bikers
1982 births
Living people
Olympic cyclists for Germany
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
People from Kirchheim unter Teck
Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region)
Cyclists from Baden-Württemberg
Cape Epic cyclists
German mountain bikers
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
German people of Croatian descent
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