Carlos Coloma Nicolás

Carlos Coloma Nicolás
Personal information
Born (1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 [1]
Logroño, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in) [1]
Weight 65 kg (143 lb) [1]
Team information
Current team MMR Factory Racing Team [2]
Discipline Mountain bike racing
Role Rider
Rider type Cross-country
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Coloma and the second or maternal family name is Nicolás.

Carlos Coloma Nicolás (born 28 September 1981) is a Spanish cross-country mountain biker.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 6th place. He improved this result four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he finished third, behind Nino Schurter and Jaroslav Kulhavý, and won the bronze medal.

Olympic results

Olympic Games Discipline Place
China 2008 Beijing Men's cross-country 28
United Kingdom 2012 London Men's cross-country 6
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Men's cross-country 3

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Carlos Coloma Nicolas". 2016 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Carlos Coloma Nicolas". mtbcrosscountry.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. "Carlos Coloma Nicolas". 2012 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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