Carlos Coloma Nicolás (born 28 September 1981) is a Spanish cross-country mountain biker. At the

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, he competed in the Men's cross-country at

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, finishing in 6th place. He improved this result four years later at the

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, where he finished

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, behind Nino Schurter and

Jaroslav Kulhavý Jaroslav Kulhavý (; born 8 January 1985 in Ústí nad Orlicí), is a Czech mountain biker Career For the first time, he became more aware of himself in 2003, when he became junior champion of the world and Europe. As a result, he also looked ...

, and won the bronze medal. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished.

Olympic results

Achievements

;2016 : 3rd place at Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) : 1st place at Spanish Mountain Bike National Championships (Maceda, Spain) ;2005 : 1st place at Spanish Mountain Bike National Championships (Vilaboa, Spain) ;2003 : 2nd place (U23) at European Mountain Bike Championships (Graz, Austria) : 3rd place (Mixed relay) at European Mountain Bike Championships (Graz, Austria) ;2001 : 3rd place (Mixed relay) at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Vail, United States) ;1999 : 2nd place (Junior) at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Åre, Sweden) : 1st place (Mixed relay) at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Åre, Sweden)

References

Spanish male cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers 1981 births Living people Olympic cyclists for Spain Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Logroño Cyclists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Spain Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Cyclists from La Rioja (Spain) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in cycling 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-cycling-bio-1980s-stub