Juli Furtado
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'''Juliana ("Juli") Furtado''' (born [[April 4]], [[1967]] in [[New York City]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[mountain biking|mountain biker]], who began her [[sports]] [[career]] in [[skiing]]. From [[1980]] to [[1987]], she was the youngest member of the U.S. [[National sport|National]] ski team.
In [[1989]], Furtado won the National Road Championship and in [[1990]] she won the [[cross-country cycling|cross-country]] event in (along with [[Ned Overend]]) the first official Mountain Bike World Championship, held in [[Durango, Colorado]]. In [[1992]] she won the [[downhill cycling|downhill]] world championship. In [[1996]], Furtado won both the World Cup (her 3rd WC championship) and the [[NORBA]] (U.S. National race authority) cross-country championships, she also participated in the [[Atlanta Olympics]].
Furtado was inducted into the [[Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]] in 1993 and the [[United States Bicycling Hall of Fame]] in 2005. Although American by birth, Furtado is of partial [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] ancestry.
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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American cyclists]]
[[Category:Mountain bikers]]
[[Category:Portuguese-Americans]]
[[Category:Women's cycle racing]]
[[Category:Bicycling Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists of the United States]]