Henrik Djernis

{{Short description|Danish cyclist (born 1968)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|4|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Svebølle, near Kalundborg, Denmark

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| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = {{ubl|Mountain bike|Cyclo-cross|Road}}

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:World XC Championships (1992, 1993, 1994)

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{{MedalSport|Men's mountain bike racing}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1992 Bromont|Cross-country}}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Métabief|Cross-country}}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Vail|Cross-country}}

{{MedalSilver | 1997 Château-d'Œx|Cross-country}}

{{MedalSport|Men's cyclo-cross}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 1988 Hägendorf|Under-23 race}}

{{MedalSilver | 1991 Gieten|Under-23 race}}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Corva|Amateur men's race}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Middelfart|Elite men's race}}

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Henrik Djernis (born 22 April 1968) is a Danish cyclist. He competed in cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road racing. He was the first man to win the World Mountain Bike Championship three times, which he did in 1992 (in Bromont, QC, Canada), 1993 (in Métabief, France), and 1994 (in Vail, CO, United States). Djernis won the Danish Cyclocross National Championship ten times in a row from 1989 to 1998 and then won the title twice more in 2000 and 2001.

He has been nominated for induction into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame by Tom Ritchey.{{when|date=February 2019}}{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Major results

=Cyclo-cross=

=Mountain bike=

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;1992

: 1st 20px Cross-country, UCI World Championships

;1993

: 1st 20px Cross-country, UCI World Championships

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Championships

;1994

: 1st 20px Cross-country, UCI World Championships

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Championships

;1997

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Championships

: 2nd 15px Cross-country, UCI World Championships

;1998

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Championships

;1999

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Championships

;2000

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Championships

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Sources

  • Ritchey, Tom 1999 Biography of Henrik Djernis for his nomination to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame