José Hermida
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Wearing the rainbow jersey that he had been chasing for so long, José Hermida showed his real strengths throughout 2011’s season: on a wide variety of courses the Spaniard was racing courageously, almost always finishing far up front. The only thing missing was a major victory – except for his win at the Spanish national championships. But the following facts show the consistently high level Hermida has been competing on throughout 2011: At the end of the season, he came in fourth in the Worldcup’s overall standings, finished in an unrewarding, yet strong fourth position at the world championships and was fifth in the UCI’s world ranking. That is some serious consistency on a world-class level. And seen the fact that Hermida has already won an Olympic silver medal in Athens, one thing is clear: He is going to focus on London’s Olympic games in 2012.
Successes
2011 Spanish National Champion Cross Country, Worldcup results: 4th Pietermaritzburg, Nove Mesto, 17th Dalby Forest, 3rd Mount Sainte Anne, 15th Offenburg, 7th Windham, 12th Val di Sole, 4th place at the World Championships, Stage win Cape Epic, 2 stage wins Andalusia Bike Race
2010 World Champion Cross Country, Worldcup finishes: 1st Houffalize, all other worldcup results in top-10 position
2009 4th place at the World Championships, 2nd at the European Championships; Worldcup results: 1st in both Schladming and Pietermaritzburg, 2nd in both Bromont and Mount Sainte Anne, 6th in Houffalize, 13th in Champéry and Madrid, winner at the Spanish National Championships
2008 9th European Championships, 3rd overall Worldcup, 10th at Beijing’s Olympic games, 2nd MTB Bundesliga Bad Salzdetfurth, Worldcup finishes: 2nd Madrid, Canberra, Schladming, 5th Bromont, 7th Houffalize, 11th Mount Sainte Anne, 24th Offenburg, 25th Fort William
2007 E uropean Champion Cross Country, Spanish National Champion Cross Country, 1st Worldcup Houffalize, 2nd Worldcup Mount Sainte Anne, 2nd Worldcup Saint-Félicien, 4th Worldcup Fort William, 10th World Championships Fort William, 2nd overall Worldcup
2006 2nd Worldcup Fort William and Spa, 4th Worldcup Madrid, Mount Sainte Anne and Schladming, Spanish national Cyclocross Champion
2005 Bronze medal World Championships, 1st Worldcup Baléario Camboriu, 2nd Worldcup overall
Weltrangliste / Worldranking 5 (previous year 4)
Grösse / size 172 cm
Gewicht / weight 63 kg
Wohnort / place of residence Llivia, Spain
Geburtsdatum / date of birth 24.08.1978
Erlernter Beruf / learned job Cobra Tamer
Trainer / coach Kim Forteza
Hobbys / Hobbies Karting, BMX, telemark & cross country skiing, staying at home with my family
Familienstand / marital state married / two children
Website www.hermidabike.com
