Jenny Rissveds

Jenny Rissveds (born 6 June 1994) is a Swedish cross-country mountainbike rider.[1] She won the gold medal in the under-23 mountainbike race at the World Championships in 2016.[2]

Jenny Rissveds
Rissveds in 2016
Personal information
Full nameJenny Rissveds
Born (1994-06-06) 6 June 1994
Falun, Sweden
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam 31
DisciplineMountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Major wins
Mountain Bike
Olympic Games XC (2016)
National XC Championships (2020, 2021, 2022)
Road

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2022)
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroCross-country
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 BernEliminator
World Under-23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Nové MěstoCross-country
Bronze medal – third place2015 VallnordCross-country
European Under-23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 BernCross-country
Silver medal – second place2016 HuskvarnaCross-country
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 MoscowCross-country

Born in Falun, Rissveds won the gold medal in women's cross country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3] In March 2017 Rissveds rode the eight-day Absa Cape Epic stage race in South Africa for the first time. Together with manager Thomas Frischknecht they won the Mixed category comfortably after covering the 641 km route.

In July 2017, she was awarded the Victoria Scholarship.[4]

On 11 August 2019, she won her first world cup victory post-her 2016 Summer Olympics gold medal, when winning a World Cup competition in Lenzerheide in Switzerland.[5]

Major results

2013
2nd UEC European Under-23 XCO Championships
2015
3rd UCI World Under-23 XCO Championships
2016
1st Cross-country, Olympic Games
1st UCI World Under-23 XCO Championships
2nd UEC European Under-23 XCO Championships
2017
1st Green zebra jersey Overall Mixed Cape Epic (with Thomas Frischknecht)
2019
XCO World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
3rd Val di Sole
2020
1st National XCO Championships
2021
1st National XCO Championships
3rd Overall XCO World Cup
2nd Leogang
2nd Les Gets
3rd Lenzerheide
XCC World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
3rd Nové Město
3rd Les Gets
3rd Snowshoe
2022
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st National XCO Championships
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
3rd Albstadt
3rd Nové Město
Internazionali d'Italia Series
1st Capoliveri
2nd Overall Gracia Orlová
1st Stage 2
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2nd Leogang
2nd Lenzerheide
2nd Snowshoe

References

  1. "Jenny Rissveds -Mountainbike". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. "Svenskt VM–guld i mountainbike". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. "Olympics Rio 2016: Sweden's Jenny Rissveds wins gold in women's cross-country". Eurosport. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. "Crown Princess Victoria 40th birthday celebration". European Pressphoto Agency. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. Theo Bylund (11 August 2019). "Rissveds tog sin första seger sen comebacken" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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