Jenny Rissveds

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Jenny Rissveds
Jenny Rissveds 001.jpg
Rissveds in 2016
Personal information
Full nameJenny Rissveds
Born (1994-06-06) 6 June 1994 (age 30)
Falun, Sweden
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam 31
Discipline Mountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
National Championships (2016, 2017)
Mountain bike
Olympic Games XC (2016)
National XC Championships (2013–2016, 2019–2022, 2024)
XC World Cup
2 individual wins (2019, 2024)
Road

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2022)
National Time Trial Championships (2023)
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cross-country
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Cross-country
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Vallnord Cross-country short track
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 BernEliminator
World Under-23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Nové Město Cross-country
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Vallnord Cross-country
European Under-23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 BernCross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 HuskvarnaCross-country
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 MoscowCross-country

Jenny Rissveds (born 6 June 1994) is a Swedish cross-country mountainbike rider. [1] She won the gold medal in women's cross country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [2]

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Rissveds won the gold medal in the under-23 mountainbike race at the World Championships in 2016. [3]

In March 2017, Rissveds rode the eight-day Absa Cape Epic stage race in South Africa for the first time. Together with manager Thomas Frischknecht they won the Mixed category comfortably after covering the 641 km route.

After suffering from mental health issues, Jenny took an hiatus from competing most of the 2017 and the 2018 season. [4]

In July 2017, she was awarded the Victoria Scholarship. [5]

On 11 August 2019, she won her first world cup victory post-her 2016 Summer Olympics gold medal, when winning a World Cup competition in Lenzerheide in Switzerland. [6]

Rissveds won her second olympic medal, a bronze, at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2015–2016
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG National Championships
1st Stockholm
2016–2017
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG National Championships

Road

2010
6th Overall U6 Cycle Tour
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
2022
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Road race, National Championships
2nd Overall Gracia Orlová
1st Stage 2
2023
National Road Championships
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Time trial
5th Road race
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Gracia Orlová
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
4th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour

Mountain bike

2013
1st National Championships
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Downhill
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Eliminator
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2014
1st National Championships
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Eliminator
DNF Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2015
1st National Championships
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Eliminator
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2016
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Cross-country, Olympic Games
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
Internazionali d'Italia Series
1st Milan
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2017
1st Jersey green Cape Epic.svg Overall Mixed Cape Epic (with Thomas Frischknecht)
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Rivera
2019
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
3rd Val di Sole
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Snowshoe
3rd Lenzerheide
16th Cross-country, UCI World Elite Championships
2020
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
DNF Cross-country, UCI World Elite Championships
2021
National Championships
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Eliminator
3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Leogang
2nd Les Gets
3rd Lenzerheide
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
3rd Nové Město
3rd Les Gets
3rd Snowshoe
DNF Cross-country, UCI World Elite Championships
2022
National Championships
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Short track
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
3rd Albstadt
3rd Nové Město
Internazionali d'Italia Series
1st Capoliveri
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2nd Leogang
2nd Lenzerheide
2nd Snowshoe
DNS Cross-country, UCI World Elite Championships
2023
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
DNF Cross-country, UCI World Elite Championships
2024
1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Mairiporã
2nd Araxá
4th Les Gets
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Cross-country, Olympic Games
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Short track UCI World Elite Championships

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