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Filip Polc
Hi, my name is Filip Polc. My
discipline is downhill mountain
biking. My friends call me Polcster.
I was born on 10 April 1982 in
Bratislava, Slovak Republic. My
special talent is urban racing. My
philosophy of life is keep pushing
your limits. The most important
person in my life is my girlfriend.
My favourite food is thai.
Bio
“I am always trying my best... I am always
trying to push my limits higher.”
Mention mountain biking in Slovakia and chances are that you’ll hear the name ‘Filip
Polc’. Filip has achieved legendary status in his sport, having started competing on
bikes at just four years old in the cyclotrial discipline.
After just two years, the young rider moved into BMX and, by 1990, Filip took part
in the European Championship in Switzerland, where he reached the semi-finals. In
the same year, he took part in the World Championships in France, making it through
to the quarter finals. In 1991, Filip earned acclaim in his discipline when he became
champion of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia.
By 1994 Filip had begun to divide his efforts between BMX and Cross-Country MTB,
before making the switch to full-time mountain biking in 1996. Filip has also developed
a taste for extreme urban downhill riding, competing in the likes of Red Bull Valparaíso
Cerro Abajo, the Bratislav City Downhill, and taking the win at Descida das Escadas
de Santos in Brazil in 2013.
He has earned a name for himself amongst the downhill elite and, two decades later,
incredibly he is still competing shoulder-to-shoulder alongside the cream of the crop at
world championship level.
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