Annika Langvad
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| Full name | Annika Langvad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 March 1984 Silkeborg, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Spur-Specialized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Mountain bike racing, Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Annika Langvad (born 22 March 1984 in Silkeborg) is a Danish cross-country mountain biker and the reigning Women's cross-country World Champion.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was due to compete in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, but had to withdraw two weeks before due to a broken rib. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she placed 11th in the Women's cross-country.
Since 2014, Langvad and her Swiss Spur-Specialized teammate Ariane Kleinhans have won the women's category of Absa Cape Epic three consecutive times. In 2015, they won by a significant margin of an hour and 18 minutes. Also in 2015, Langvad won the Leadville 100, becoming the first woman to ride that race under 7 hours. In 2016, Langvad won the world championship in Women's cross-country and also placed an impressive second in the UCI World Cup rankings for Cross Country, only 24 points behind the leader, Catharine Pendrel.
References
External links
- Official website
- Annika Langvad profile at Cycling Archives