Francisca Campos
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | July 19, 1985 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Francisca Linoska Campos Salas (born July 19, 1985 in Antofagasta) is a female cyclist from Chile, specializing in competitive mountain biking.
Campos represented her native South American country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 25th place in the final rankings of the women's cross-country race. In 2003, she claimed the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, behind Argentina's Jimena Florit (gold) and USA's Mary McConneloug (silver).
Campos started her biking career at the age of 10. Soon she participated in national championships and can look back on impressive successes:
- 9 podiums in Panamerican Championships in Mountain Bike.
- 10 times national champion in Mountain Bike and 4 times in Road.
- 3rd place in a Mountain Bike World Cup.
- 3rd place in Tour de France du VTT
- raced for 3 International Mountain Bike Teams.
- the youngest rider in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.
- visited 25 countries by racing bike: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Mexico, USA, Canada, Spain, Andorra, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, New Zealand, Philippines and China.
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Francisca Campos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Chilean female cyclists
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic cyclists for Chile
- Sportspeople from Antofagasta
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Chilean women
- 21st-century Chilean sportswomen
- South American cycling biography stubs
- Chilean sportspeople stubs