Shlomi Haimy ( he, שלומי חיימי; born 19 June 1989) is an Israeli road and cross-country cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team .

Career

In 2007, Haimy came in 7th in the World Men Juniors Cross Country Championships in

Fort William, Highland Fort William ( gd, An Gearasdan ; "The Garrison") formerly ( gd, Baile Mairi) and ( gd, Gearasdan dubh Inbhir-Lochaidh) (Lit. "The Black Garrison of Inverlochy"), ( sco, The Fort), formerly ( sco, Maryburgh) is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish ...

, Scotland. In 2012, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:23:56. In 2013, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:20:06. In 2014, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:27:39. In July 2015, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:29:52. In October 2015, he won the Israel National Mountain Bike Championships - XCM, with a time of 3:15:30. In 2016, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:27:12. Haimy represented

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

at the 2015 European Games in Baku,

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, and placed 18th at the men's cross country competition with a time of 1:49:18, eight minutes behind the winner

Nino Schurter Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the ...

, of Switzerland. Haimy competed for

Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Israel confirmed a team of 47 athletes, 22 men and 25 wom ...

in Men's Mountain Biking in

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, at the age of 27. It was the first time that Israel competed in an Olympic mountain biking competition, a position it qualified for by virtue of the 22nd-place ranking of the Israeli team in the ''

Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues raci ...

'' Olympic qualification rankings. He fell victim to a punctured tire, and eventually completed the race in 29th place out of 49 riders, in a time of 1:43:30, 10:02 behind the winner,

of Switzerland.

References

External links

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Shlomi Haimy
Results at RootsAndRain.com
Shlomi Haimy
at FirstCycling.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haimy, Shlomi 1989 births Living people Israeli male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Israel Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Central District (Israel) Cyclists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Israel Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics