Myriam Nicole

Myriam Nicole is a French downhill mountain bike racer and is a two-time UCI World Champion.

Career

Born in Montpellier, Nicole began riding bikes as a child, choosing to focus on downhill racing from the age of 14. As a junior, she landed podiums at national races, before achieving third place at the 2007 Junior World Championships in Fort William, Scotland, rising to second place a year later at the 2008 Junior Worlds in Val di Sole, Italy.
As an elite rider, she is a two-time World Champion, winning the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada and the 2021 World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy. She is a five-time World Championships elite silver medallist.
On the World Cup circuit she has won 10 rounds; winning the 2017 UCI Downhill World Cup overall. She has finished on the World Cup podium over 60 times in her career.

Personal life

She is a trained physiotherapist, completing her studies at the Institut Masseur Kinésithérapeute in Montpellier in 2018, although she admits she does not see herself working in a clinic, but rather with athletes in the field.