Victor Koretzky

Victor Koretzky
Portrait of Victor Koretzky in 2019
Personal information
Full nameVictor Koretzky
Born (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 30)[1]
Béziers, France
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Professional teams
2018–2021Team KMC–Ekoi–SR Suntour[3]
2022B&B Hotels–KTM[4]
2023Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
Mountain bike
National XC Championships (2019)
XC World Cup
4 individual wins (2021, 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's mountain bike racing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Cross-country
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Junior cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2011 Cross-country team relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cross-country team relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cross-country team relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Vallnord Cross-country short track
Silver medal – second place 2012 Junior cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2012 Cross-country team relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Under 23 cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2016 Under 23 cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2024 Vallnord Cross country
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Mixed relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Under-23 cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2016 Mixed relay
French National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Junior cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2016 Under-23 cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2021 Short track cross-country

Victor Koretzky (born 26 August 1994) is a French cross-country mountain biker and road cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[5] He won the junior cross-country world championship in 2011.[6] Competing with the French team he won the cross-country team relay world championship in 2011, 2015, and 2016.[7][8][9]

Koretzky represented France in cross-country mountain biking at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10][2]

His brother Clément Koretzky is also a cyclist.[11]

Major results

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Cyclo-cross

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Mountain bike

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2011
UCI World Championships
1st Team relay
1st Junior cross-country
2012
UCI World Championships
2nd Team relay
2nd Junior cross-country
2015
UCI World Championships
1st Team relay
2nd Under-23 cross-country
1st Roc d'Azur
2016
UCI World Championships
1st Team relay
2nd Under-23 cross-country
1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
2017
Copa Catalana Internacional
1st Banyoles
2018
Copa Catalana Internacional
1st Banyoles
1st Barcelona
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
2019
1st Cross-country, National Championships
French Cup
2nd Marseille
2nd Levens
Copa Catalana Internacional
2nd Banyoles
2nd Tokyo 2020 Test Event
UCI XCC World Cup
3rd Les Gets
2020
Copa Catalana Internacional
1st Barcelona
2nd Banyoles
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Nové Město
2021
1st Short track, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Albstadt
1st Lenzerheide
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Snowshoe
2nd Albstadt
3rd Lenzerheide
French Cup
1st Lons-le-Saunier
1st Marseille
Copa Catalana Internacional
1st Banyoles
1st Barcelona
Internazionali d’Italia Series
2nd Andora
3rd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
5th Cross-country, Olympic Games
2023
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Les Gets
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Les Gets
1st Snowshoe
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
UCI World Championships
2nd Short track
4th Cross-country
2024
UCI World Championships
1st Short track
2nd Cross-country
5th Marathon
1st Overall UCI XCC World Cup
1st Araxá
1st Nové Město
1st Lake Placid
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd Val di Sole
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Lake Placid
2nd Mairiporã
2nd Araxá
3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
Shimano Super Cup
1st Banyoles
2nd Cross-country, Olympic Games

Road

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2022
1st Stage 3 Alpes Isère Tour

References

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  1. ^ "Victor Koretzky". mtbcrosscountry.com. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Rio 2016: Viktor Koretzky athlete profile". rio2016.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ "BH Team MTB VTT: Viktor Koretzky". bhbikes.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Victor Koretzky moves to KTM and will compete on the road in 2022". brujulabike.com. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Bora–Hansgrohe". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Koretzky claims junior men's cross country title: Cooper edges Fonseca for silver medal". cyclingnews.com. September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ^ "France triumphs in team relay cross country: Switzerland claims silver, Italy bronze". cyclingnews.com. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  8. ^ "France repeats with MTB Worlds team relay gold: Denmark, Italy round out podium". cyclingnews.com. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  9. ^ "France scores hat trick in Team Relay: Czech Republic second with Switzerland in third". cyclingnews.com. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  10. ^ "JO Rio 2016: Decouvrez L'Equipe de France VTT !!!". crochardbike.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Victor Koretzky a pris de la caisse à Bizanet". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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