Julien Absalon

Julien Absalon
Absalon at the Albstadt round of the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Personal information
Full nameJulien Absalon
Born (1980-08-16) 16 August 1980
Remiremont, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Amateur team
1996–2000Scott France
Professional teams
2001–2006Bianchi
2007–2012Orbea
2013–2018BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
Major wins
Mountain bike
Olympic Games XC (2004, 2008)
World XC Championships
(2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014)
European XC Championships
(2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
National XC Championships (2003–2016)
XC World Cup (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016)
33 individual wins (2001, 20032016)
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
Representing  France
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 5 2 2
World Cup 7 2 3
European Championships 5 4 0
Total 19 8 5
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Cross-country
2008 Beijing Cross-country
World Championships
2004 Les Gets Cross-country
2005 Livigno Cross-country
2006 Rotorua Cross-country
2007 Fort William Cross-country
2014 Hafjell Cross-country
2009 Canberra Cross-country
2015 Vallnord Cross-country
2011 Champéry Cross-country
2016 Nové Město Cross-country
World Cup
2003 Overall Cross-country
2006 Overall Cross-country
2007 Overall Cross-country
2008 Overall Cross-country
2009 Overall Cross-country
2014 Overall Cross-country
2016 Overall Cross-country
2010 Overall Cross-country
2015 Overall Cross-country
2005 Overall Cross-country
2011 Overall Cross-country
2013 Overall Cross-country
2019 Leogang E-MTB Cross-country
European Championships
2006 Lamosano Cross-country
2013 Bern Cross-country
2014 St. Wendel Cross-country
2015 Alpago Cross-country
2016 Huskvarna Cross-country
2003 Graz Cross-country
2005 Kluisbergen Cross-country
2007 Göreme Cross-country
2011 Dohňany Cross-country
2017 Darfo Boario Terme Cross-country

Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered to be one of the most successful cross-country cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, Absalon won gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2004–2007, 2014), seven UCI World Cup overall titles (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016) and 33 World Cup rounds, which was an all-time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023. He also won all fourteen French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2016, and five European Championships (2006, 2013–2016).