Petra Henzi

Petra Henzi at the Swiss Championships 2008

Petra Henzi (born October 14, 1969 in Rombach ) is a former Swiss mountain biker .

Career

In 1999, Petra Henzi joined the Fischer-BMC team, to which she was a member until she retired in 2010. She achieved her first top placement at the 2001 European Mountain Bike Championships in St. Wendel , where she came fourth in cross-country . In 2002 she won the bronze medal with the relay at the World Championships in Kaprun . She achieved her best individual World Cup placement in 2005 when she won the bronze medal in cross-country in Livigno, Italy . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , she reached sixth place in cross-country. She was also on the squad in Athens four years earlier , but was injured there during a training drive and could not take part in the competition. Her greatest sporting success was the marathon world championship title 2007 in Verviers , where she celebrated a double victory in Switzerland together with Christoph Sauser . She also won a total of seven titles at the Swiss championships in the disciplines of cross-country, mountain bike marathon and cyclo-cross .

In 2008, Henzi was nominated for the choice of Swiss Sportswoman of the Year . However, the award went to gymnast Ariella Kaeslin .

successes

Olympic games:

• Beijing 2008 : 6th place in cross-country

Mountain bike marathon world championships :

• Lugano 2003 : 5th place
• Lillehammer 2005 : bronze
• Oisans 2006 : silver
• Verviers 2007 : Gold
• Graz / Stattegg 2009 : Bronze

Mountain bike world championships :

• Kaprun 2002 : Bronze in the cross-country relay
• Livigno 2005 : bronze in cross-country
• Rotorua 2006 : Gold in the cross-country relay
• Fort William 2007 : Gold in the cross-country relay
• Val di Sole 2008 : silver in the cross-country relay

European Championships:

• Wałbrzych 2004: Gold in the cross-country relay
• Kluisbergen 2005: Silver in the cross-country relay
• Lamosano 2006: Gold in the cross-country relay
• Cappadocia 2007: Gold in the cross-country relay

Swiss Championships:

• 4 times Swiss champion in cross-country (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• 2-time Swiss champion in mountain bike marathon (2005, 2006)
• Swiss champion in cyclo-cross 2006

Web links

• Petra Henzi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Petra Henzi in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swissolympic.ch: MTB rider Petra Henzi injured  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 11, 2012.  
2. ↑ mtb-raceteam.ch: Profile of Petra Henzi . Retrieved March 11, 2012.
3. ↑ credit-suisse.com: The Swiss Sportsman of the Year have been chosen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 11, 2012  
4. ↑ swiss-cycling.ch: Swiss MTB Cross Country Championships  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 42 kB). Retrieved March 12, 2012.  
5. ↑ swiss-cycling.ch: Swiss Cycling Championships ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 94 kB). Retrieved March 12, 2012.