Full name Lejla Tanovic Name Lejla Tanovic Team Salcano Cappadocia | Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |
Born 19 June 1994 (age 29) ( 1994-06-19 ) Sport Mountain bike racing
Road racing Club Klub brdskog biciklizma "Puls" | ||
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Lejla Tanović (born 19 June 1994) is a Bosnian mountain bike racing and road cyclist. She is the first cross country cyclist from Bosnia and Herzegovina to sign a contract for a professional cycling team. She started racing at the age of 15 at local cycling club Klub brdskog biciklizma "Puls". She is seven time national champion in 4 disciplines, four time national league champion, Balkan champion for 2016. and also two time silver medal winner in the Balkan championship.
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Personal
Bosnia and Herzegovina national champion at: cross-country (XCO), cross-country marathon (XCM) and national road race and time trial champion in 2014.
Career
Lejla grew up in Sarajevo, while very young she showed passion for sport and cycling. After intense searching for a mountain bike racing club she started training with Amar Njemčević, one off the best cycling and condition coaches in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a few years of racing in national races, Lejla started her professional and international career in 2013. She signed a professional contract with Turkish cycling team Salcano Cappadocia in 2014. Lejla won three medals on Balkan championship races, in 2014 she was second in Macedonia and also winning second place in Greece in 2015. But in 2016 she won first gold medal in elite category for Bosnia and Herzegovina on Balkan championship in Montenegro. After that victory she became most successful mountain bike rider in history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After season 2015 and 2016 where she was riding for Salcano team from Turkey she signed for SMF Team from Greece for season 2017.
