Carlos Coloma Nicolás

Carlos Coloma Nicolás (born 28 September 1981) is a Spanish cross-country mountain biker.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 6th place. He improved this result four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he finished third, behind Nino Schurter and Jaroslav Kulhavý, and won the bronze medal. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished.

Carlos Coloma Nicolás
Personal information
Born (1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 [1]
Logroño, Spain
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) [1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb) [1]
Team information
Current teamBH - TEMPLO CAFÉS TEAM [2]
DisciplineMountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Coloma and the second or maternal family name is Nicolás.

Olympic results

Olympic Games Discipline Place
2008 BeijingMen's cross-country28
2012 LondonMen's cross-country6
2016 Rio de JaneiroMen's cross-country

Achievements
2016
3rd place at Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1st place at Spanish Mountain Bike National Championships (Maceda, Spain)
2005
1st place at Spanish Mountain Bike National Championships (Vilaboa, Spain)
2003
2nd place (U23) at European Mountain Bike Championships (Graz, Austria)
3rd place (Mixed relay) at European Mountain Bike Championships (Graz, Austria)
2001
3rd place (Mixed relay) at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Vail, United States)
1999
2nd place (Junior) at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Åre, Sweden)
1st place (Mixed relay) at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Åre, Sweden)

References
  1. "Carlos Coloma Nicolas". 2016 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Carlos Coloma Nicolas". mtbcrosscountry.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. "Carlos Coloma Nicolas". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.


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