- Maja Włoszczowska
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Maja Włoszczowska 
Personal information Born November 9, 1983
Warsaw, PolandTeam information Discipline Mountain bike racing Role Rider Rider type Cross-country Medal recordMountain bike racing Competitor for 
PolandOlympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing Women's cross-country World Championships Gold 2010 Mont Sainte-Anne Cross-country Silver 2011 Champery Cross-country Maja Włoszczowska (born November 9, 1983 in Warsaw) is a Polish mountain biker. She became world champion in Elite cross-country mountain biking in 2010. In the 2011 world championships Maja looked like she was about to retain the title, but finished in second place after losing over a minute to the eventual winner Catharine Pendrel due to a flat tire.
For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.Contents
Major achievements
- 2003
- 1st in UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, Lugano, ITALIA.
- 2004
- 2nd in UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Les Gets, France.
- 2005
- 2nd in UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Livigno, ITALIA.
- 2nd in UCI Mountain Bike European Championships, Kluisbergen, Belgium.
- 2006
- 7th in World Cup MTB XCO#1, Curaçao.
- 4th in World Cup MTB XCO#2, Madrid, Spain.
- 13th in World Cup MTM XCO#3, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium.
- 12th in World Cup MTM XCO#4, Fort William, Great Britain.
- 6th in UCI Mountain Bike European Championships, Chies d'Alpago, ITALIA.
- 4th in UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Rotorua, New Zealand.
- 8th in World Cup MTB XCO#6, Schladming, Austria.
- 2007
- 13th in World Cup MTB XCO#1, Houffalize, Belgium.
- 8th in World Cup MTB XCO#2, Offenburg, Germany.
- 7th in UCI Mountain Bike European Championships, Cappadocia , Turkey.
- 4th in UCI Mountain Bike Marathon European Championships, Sankt Wendel, Germany.
- 2008
- 12th in World Cup MTB XCO#2, Offenburg, Germany.
- 18th in UCI Mountain Bike European Championships, Sankt Wendel, Germany.
- 5th in UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Val di Sole, ITALIA.
- 1st in Polish MTB National Championships.
- 2nd in Women's cross-country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
- 1st in World Cup MTB XCO#9, Schladming, Austria.
- 2009
- 1st in European XC Continental Championship, Zoetermeer, Netherlands.
- 2010
- 1st in World Cup MTB XCO#5, Val di Sol, Italy.
- Elite Women's XC World Champion 2010 – Mont-Sainte-Anne.
- 2011
- 2nd in Elite Women's XC World Championships – Champéry, Switzerland.
The Race
Since 2009 Maja Włoszczowska lends her name to a cross country race in her home town of Jelenia Góra. Riders such as Miguel Martinez, Catharine Pendrel or Mary McConneloug took part in it.
References
External links
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Olympic cyclists of Poland
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- People from Warsaw
- Polish cyclists
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- European cycling biography stubs
- Polish sportspeople stubs
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs
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