page_title: Tanja Žakelj
hierarchical_section_title: Tanja Žakelj
caption_attribution_description: Olympic Mountain Biking - 11/12 August 2012. Hadleigh Farm.
context_page_description: Tanja Žakelj is a Slovenian racing cyclist, holder of multiple world- and European champion titles. She was born in Kranj. She competed in mountain biking at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She is the current European Champion and overall World Cup Winner. She was on the start list of 2018 Cross Country European Championships and finished 12.
  Most notable achievements:
  Olympic games:
  10th place, London 2012
  13th place, Rio de Janeiro, 2016
  World Championship:
  1st place, junior, Rotoura 2006
  1st place, under 23, Val di Sole 2008
  3rd place, junior, Livigno 2005
  4th place, Hafjell 2014
  4th place, under 23, Mont St. Anne 2010
  5th place, Pietermaritzburg 2013
  European Championship:
  1st place, Bern 2013
  1st place, St. Wendel 2014
  1st place, junior, Chies D'Alpago 2006
  2nd place, under 23, St. Wendel 2008
  3rd place, under 23, Haifa 2010
  3rd place, Dohnany 2011
  World Cup:
  1st place, Val di Sole 2013
  1st place, Nove Mesto 2013
  1st place, under 23, Windham 2010
  2nd place, Windham 2014
  2nd place, under 23, Houffalize 2010
  3rd place, Mont Sainte Anne 2013
  4th place, Albstadt 2014
  4th place, Albstadt 2013
  5th place, Cairns 2014
context_section_description: Tanja Žakelj (born 15 September 1988) is a Slovenian racing cyclist, holder of multiple world- and European champion titles. She was born in Kranj. She competed in mountain biking at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She is the current (2013) European Champion and overall World Cup Winner. She was on the start list of 2018 Cross Country European Championships and finished 12. .
  Most notable achievements:
  Olympic games:
  10th place, London 2012
  13th place, Rio de Janeiro, 2016
  World Championship:
  1st place, junior, Rotoura 2006
  1st place, under 23, Val di Sole 2008
  3rd place, junior, Livigno 2005
  4th place, Hafjell 2014
  4th place, under 23, Mont St. Anne 2010
  5th place, Pietermaritzburg 2013
  European Championship:
  1st place, Bern 2013
  1st place, St. Wendel 2014
  1st place, junior, Chies D'Alpago 2006
  2nd place, under 23, St. Wendel 2008
  3rd place, under 23, Haifa 2010
  3rd place, Dohnany 2011
  World Cup:
  1st place, Val di Sole 2013
  1st place, Nove Mesto 2013
  1st place, under 23, Windham 2010
  2nd place, Windham 2014
  2nd place, under 23, Houffalize 2010
  3rd place, Mont Sainte Anne 2013
  4th place, Albstadt 2014
  4th place, Albstadt 2013
  5th place, Cairns 2014
  5th place, Andorra 2013
  6th place, Windham 2015
  6th place, Mont St. Anne 2014
  6th place, Hofjell 2013
  7th place, Mont-Sainte-Anne 2016
  8ht place, Andorra 2016
  9th place, Mont-Sainte-Anne 2015
  9th place, Offenburg 2011
  9th place, Mont St. Anne 2011
  10th place, Windham 2010
  overall World Cup Winner 2013
caption: Žakelj at the 2012 Olympic cross-country race
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