Jennifer Hohl

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Jennifer Hohl
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Jennifer Hohl (left) at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Hohl
Born (1986-02-03) 3 February 1986 (age 37)
Marbach, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline Road
RoleRider
Professional teams
2006–2009Bigla Cycling Team
2010 Noris Cycling
2011 Mcipollini–Giordana
2012 Faren–Honda Team
Major wins

Jennifer Hohl (born 3 February 1986 in Marbach, St. Gallen) is a retired Swiss professional road cyclist. [1] She represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later earned three Swiss national championship titles in the women's elite road race (2008, 2009, and 2012). [2] Before retiring to focus primarily on her family life and business career, Hohl rode for three seasons on the Bigla Cycling Team since 2006, followed by her short, annual stints on Germany's Noris Cycling and Italy's Mcipollini–Giordana and Faren–Honda Team. [3] [4]

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Hohl qualified for the Swiss squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the UCI World Cup. [5] Passing through the 102.6-km mark, Hohl fell into the ground after crashing her bike in a heavy collision against a small group of riders, and subsequently, abandoned her race before reaching the 3:03-barrier. [6] [7] [8]

Career highlights

2007
1st Overall, Tour de Berne, Bern (SUI)
8th UCI European Road Championships (U23), Sofia (BUL)
2008
1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Swiss Championships (Road), Gansingen (SUI)
2009
1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Swiss Championships (Road), Nyon (SUI)
1st Meisterschaft von Zürich, Zürich (SUI)
1st Stage 1, Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile, Viareggio (ITA)
2010
1st Overall, Grand Prix Oberbaselbiet, Switzerland
4th Swiss Championships (Road), Switzerland
2011
3rd Swiss Championships (Road), Kirchdorf (SUI)
2012
1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Swiss Championships (Road), Switzerland

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