Sina Frei

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Sina Frei
Sina Frei.png
Sina Frei at the 2018 World Road Cycling Championships
Personal information
Born (1997-07-18) 18 July 1997 (age 27)
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Team information
Current teamSpecialized Factory Racing
Discipline Cross-Country
Mountain bike racing
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Women's mountain bike racing
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Cross-country
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Lenzerheide Team relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Val di Sole Short Track
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Leogang Team relay
Women's cross-country marathon
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Snowshoe Women's
Women's gravel bicycle racing
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 AsiagoElite

Sina Frei (born 18 July 1997) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist. [1]

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She participated at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, winning a medal. [2]

On 27 July 2021, Frei won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [3] Her teammates, Jolanda Neff and Linda Indergand won the gold and bronze medals, marking the first Swiss podium at the Olympics since 1936 and the first time a nation won all three medals in a cycling event since 1904. [3]

Major results

Gravel

Mountain bike

2019
2nd Tokyo 2020 Test Event
2020
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Leukerbad
2021
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Short track
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Cross-country
1st Jersey orange Cape Epic.svg Overall Cape Epic (with Laura Stigger)
1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Cross-country, Olympic Games
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Les Gets
Swiss Bike Cup
2nd Gränichen
2022
Ökk Bike Revolution
2nd Huttwil
3rd Chur
2023
Ökk Bike Revolution
1st Engelberg
2nd Rivera
3rd Davos
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Championships
UCI XCC World Cup
3rd Nové Město
2024
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Short track Lake_Placid [4]

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References

  1. Ghost Bikes profile
  2. Team relay results
  3. 1 2 "First 'Swiss podium' at Olympics since 1936". 27 July 2021.
  4. "Frei gewinnt Short-Track-Rennen, Keller die Disziplinen-Wertung". SRF. 2024-09-28. Retrieved 2024-09-29.