Jennifer Hohl

Jennifer Hohl is member of the Bigla Cycling Team and lives in Marbach (SG). She is the newcomer of this year. The friendly young women from eastern Switzerland won surprisingly the gold medal at the Swiss championships in the women’s elite category in Gansingen and qualified so for the road race in the Olympic Games in Peking.

What characteristics describe you perfectly?
I’m ambitious, happy and have a strong will to win.

What do you like?
Shopping, sleeping, racing, being with friends

What do you dislike?
Long travels, spiders, dirty hotels, egoistic people, crash in races

What kind of sport would you do if you were not a bicycle racer?
I’d probably stayed in athletics or mountainbike

What sportive performance are you particularly proud of? 
My two Swiss titles 2004 (junior) and 2008 (women’s elite) and my qualification for the Olympics in Peking 2008

And what was your most severe defeat?
My crash last year at the Tour of Bira in Spain where I broke my shoulder and could therefore not start at the Giro d’Italia Donne

You are qualified for the Olympic Games in Peking. What does this important step mean for you on the personal and the sportive level?
I’d never thought about a qualification yet. I’m still very young and I focused on the Olympics in London in 2012. Of course I’m surprised and happy to go to the Olympics this year already

What are your goals in the near future and on the long term?
I’d like to recommend myself for the World championships 2008. The Olympic Games 2012 in London are also a big goal