Shlomi Haimy (; born 19 June 1989) is an Israeli road and cross-country cyclist, who most recently rode for

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Career

In 2007, Haimy came in 7th in the World Men Juniors Cross Country Championships in

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, Scotland. In 2012, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:23:56. In 2013, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:20:06. In 2014, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:27:39. In July 2015, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:29:52. In October 2015, he won the Israel National Mountain Bike Championships – XCM, with a time of 3:15:30. In 2016, he won the Israeli MTB National Championships in a time of 1:27:12. Haimy represented

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at the

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, Azerbaijan, and placed 18th at the men's cross country competition with a time of 1:49:18, eight minutes behind the winner

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, of Switzerland. Haimy competed for

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in Men's Mountain Biking in

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, Brazil, at the age of 27. It was the first time that Israel competed in an Olympic mountain biking competition, a position it qualified for by virtue of the 22nd-place ranking of the Israeli team in the ''

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'' Olympic qualification rankings. He fell victim to a punctured tire, and eventually completed the race in 29th place out of 49 riders, in a time of 1:43:30, 10:02 behind the winner,

of Switzerland.

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Shlomi Haimy
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at FirstCycling.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haimy, Shlomi 1989 births Living people Israeli male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Israel Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Central District (Israel) Cyclists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Israel Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Israeli sportsmen