![]() Ferreira competing in the cross-country race at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tiago Jorge de Oliveira Ferreira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Viseu, Portugal | 7 December 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Team Protek [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MTB Marathon World Championships ( 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tiago Jorge de Oliveira Ferreira (born 7 December 1988) is a Portuguese mountain biker from Viseu, [2] who specialises in the cross-country discipline.
In June 2016, he won the cross-country marathon silver medal at the European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia. [3] Three weeks later, he won the gold medal at the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Laissac, France, [4] becoming the second Portuguese cyclist to win a world championship title, after Rui Costa. [5]