Henry Raabe

Henry Raabe Méndez (born March 14, 1983) is a Costa Rican road racing cyclist.[1] He represented Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's road race. Raabe, however, was lapped and disqualified from the run, before reaching the 185.0 km lap of the course.[2][3]

Henry Raabe
Personal information
Full nameHenry Raabe Méndez
NicknameEl Cañonero del Irazú
Born (1983-03-14) 14 March 1983
Cartago, Costa Rica
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Para-cycling
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2002–2003Pizza Hut–Café de Costa Rica
2004Cropusa–Burgos
2004Pizza Hut–Bancredito–Powerade
2005–2008BCR Pizza Hut
2009–2011Citi Economy Blue
2012–2019Coopenae Economy Rent a Car
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Raabe and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.

In August 2020, Raabe was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[4]

Major results
2002
Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stages 8 & 11
2003
Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stages 3a (TTT) & 9
2004
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
2005
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stage 6
2006
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Under-23 time trial
1st Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Prologue, Stages 3 (ITT) & 5
10th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
2007
1st Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stages 3 (ITT), 7, 8 & 13
2008
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
7th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
2009
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2010
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Time trial, Central American Games
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stage 9
3rd Time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games
8th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
2011
1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
2013
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2014
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stage 9
2015
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henry Raabe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. "Men's Road Race". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. Atkins, Ben (9 August 2008). "August 9: Men's Road Race, 245km". Cycling News. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. Sánchez, Luis Diego (24 August 2020). "Henry Raabe sobre nueva lucha contra el cáncer: "Lo superaré e iré a los Juegos Paralímpicos"" [Henry Raabe on new fight against cancer: "I'll get over it and go to the Paralympic Games"]. Delfino.cr (in Spanish). Delfino Medios Limitada S.R.L. Retrieved 18 October 2020.


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