COLOMBO Filippo

World Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country	XCO Team Relay X
2020	Leogang, AUT	7	-
2018	Lenzerheide, SUI	-	1
2017	Cairns, QLD, AUS	-	1
2016	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE	-	3
2015	Vallnord, AND	-	4
2014	Hafjell, NOR	-	2

European Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country	XCO Team Relay X
2020	Monte Tamaro, SUI	27	-
2018	Graz, AUT	-	2
2017	Darfo Boario Terme, ITA	-	1

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Cross-country	-	1 x 43rd
2021	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 15th
2020	Cross-country	-	1 x 10th, 1 x 14th
2020	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 4th, 1 x 15th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
4	2020	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
10	2020	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
14	2020	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
15	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Les Gets, FRA
15	2020	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
43	2021	Cross-country	Les Gets, FRA

World Championships (Under 23)

Year	Location	Cross-country
2019	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN	2
2018	Lenzerheide, SUI	16
2017	Cairns, QLD, AUS	7

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

Athlete

English, Italian

Absolute Absalon BMC [Frejus, FRA]

Barry Austin, RSA, from 2021

He fell and broke his pelvis at the 2021 World Cup event in Albstadt, Germany. (brujulabike.com, 11 May 2021)

He began cycling while growing up in Monteceneri, Switzerland. He started racing for Velo Club Monte Tamaro in the U11 category, and joined the club's mountain bike section in 2012. (filippocolombo.ch, 01 Jan 2021)

He was influenced by his mother and his uncle, who both enjoyed cycling. (filippocolombo.ch, 01 Jan 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 27 May 2021)

He trains for up to 18 hours a week, on both a mountain bike and a road bike. He also goes to the gym once a week. (brujulabike.com, 27 Feb 2020)

Swiss mountain biker Nino Schurter. (rsi.ch, 06 Sep 2017)

"Knowing and practising this sport has changed my life and taught me that the important thing is not to win, but to try to make your dreams come true." (filippocolombo.ch, 01 Jan 2021)

In 2019 he was named Sportsman of the Year in the Ticino region of Switzerland. (filippocolombo.ch, 01 Jan 2021)