SCHUERMANS Jens

Cycling Mountain Bike

Date of Birth: 13 Feb 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MAASMECHELEN

Birth Country:

Belgium

Place of residence : MAASMECHELEN

Residence Country:

Belgium

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Mountain Bike	Men's Cross-country	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu MTB Course	Men's Cross-country	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Cross-country
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	18

World Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country	XCO Team Relay X
2019	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN	18	11
2018	Lenzerheide, SUI	17	10
2017	Cairns, QLD, AUS	54	15
2016	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE	32	-
2015	Vallnord, AND	-	6

European Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country	XCO Team Relay X
2019	Brno, CZE	DNF	6
2018	Glasgow, GBR	13	-
2017	Darfo Boario Terme, ITA	DNF	-

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Cross-country	-	1 x 15th, 1 x 25th, 2 x 34th
2021	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 8th, 1 x 12th, 2 x 18th
2019	Cross-country	13th	1 x 7th, 1 x 11th, 1 x 12th
2019	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 17th
2018	Cross-country	29th	3 x 17th, 1 x 19th, 1 x 24th
2018	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 5th
2017	Cross-country	22nd	1 x 15th, 1 x 21st, 2 x 25th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
3	2019	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Val di Sole, ITA
5	2019	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Les Gets, FRA
5	2018	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	La Bresse, FRA
7	2019	Cross-country	Les Gets, FRA
8	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Leogang, AUT
11	2019	Cross-country	Snowshoe, WV, USA
12	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Les Gets, FRA
12	2019	Cross-country	Albstadt, GER
14	2019	Cross-country	Vallnord, AND
15	2021	Cross-country	Les Gets, FRA
15	2017	Cross-country	Vallnord, AND

Legend
IP - In Progress, XCO - Cross-country, X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Sports Marketing - Johan Cruyff Institute, Barcelona, ESP

Languages spoken:

Scott Creuse Oxygene Gueret [France]

In 2020 he struggled with a knee injury for five months before undergoing surgery. (wielerflits.be, 03 Jul 2020)

In 2014 he injured his knee. He missed the entire competitive season and underwent surgery in December of that year. (ersluysteam.be, 22 Jan 2015)

He first tried mountain biking at age 12. (vojomag.com, 03 Mar 2020; jensschuermans.com, 12 Nov 2015)

"I was 12 when I got my first mountain bike for Christmas. But I was already playing tennis, running, and playing football. The mountain bike, I liked it, but I rode quite rarely in the end because I did not always have time. Physically, I quickly felt that I was very good in this sport." At age 15 he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease, an inflammation in an area just below the knee, and had to undergo surgery. He began mountain biking more regularly as part of his rehabilitation because it would put the least strain on his knee. "I clicked with mountain biking and wanted to develop myself further there." (vojomag.com, 03 Mar 2020; fontys.nl, 21 Jun 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 29 Jun 2021)

Norwegian skier Ole Einar Bjorndalen, Belgian triathlete Marc Herremans, Australian cyclist Cadel Evans. (jensschuermans.com, 12 Nov 2015)

General Interest

General
PREPPING FOR TOKYO
He began preparing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2019 when he travelled to Japan and filmed the mountain bike course. "I have found a lot of strips in Limburg [in Belgium] that resemble the course of the Games. In Japan it's all a bit more extreme, but Beringen is also an excellent terrain to practise on fast rocky descents. Climatologically, it is more difficult to emulate Japan. Mountain biking is also set outside Tokyo, on a peninsula with a subtropical climate. I expect temperatures around 38 degrees and high humidity. I've already done tests in a climate chamber. The results were good, I can definitely adapt with the right preparation." (vrt.be, 08 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jens.schuermans.5/
https://instagram.com/jensschuermans/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-schuermans-059560164/
Strava: http://app.strava.com/pros/jschuermans
https://twitter.com/schuermans_jens

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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