Henrik Djernis Explained

Henrik Djernis
Birth Place:	Svebølle, near Kalundborg, Denmark
Currentteam:	Retired
Role:	Rider
Majorwins:	Mountain bike World XC Championships (1992, 1993, 1994)

Henrik Djernis (born 22 April 1968) is a Danish cyclist. He competed in cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road racing. He was the first man to win the World Mountain Bike Championship three times, which he did in 1992 (in Bromont, QC, Canada), 1993 (in Métabief, France), and 1994 (in Vail, CO, United States). Djernis won the Danish Cyclocross National Championship ten times in a row from 1989 to 1998 and then won the title twice more in 2000 and 2001.

He has been nominated for induction into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame by Tom Ritchey.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

1983

1st National Junior Championships

1984

1st National Junior Championships

1985

1st National Championships

1986

1st National Championships

1987

1st National Championships

1988

1st National Championships

3rd UCI World Amateur Championships

1989

1st National Championships

1990

1st National Championships

1991

1st National Championships

2nd UCI World Amateur Championships

1992

1st National Championships

1993

1st National Championships

1st UCI World Amateur Championships

1994

1st National Championships

1995

1st National Championships

1996

1st National Championships

1997

1st National Championships

1998

1st National Championships

3rd UCI World Championships

2000

1st National Championships

2001

1st National Championships

Mountain bike

1992

1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships

1993

1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships