title: 2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
text: # 2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
  
  The 2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Lugano, Switzerland from 31 August to 7 September 2003. The disciplines included were cross-country, cross-country marathon, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 14th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 18th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.
  
  This was the first year that the cross-country marathon was included in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. From 2004 onwards, the cross-country marathon was run as a separate world championship.
  
  Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won her eighth consecutive world title in the women's downhill. As of 2016, no other rider has won more than two consecutive world titles in the event.
  
  Greg Minnaar of South Africa won the world title in the men's downhill. He thus became the first rider from the continent of Africa to win a mountain biking world championship in an elite category.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cross-country | Filip Meirhaeghe (BEL) | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Roel Paulissen (BEL) |
  | Under 23 cross-country | Balz Weber (SUI) | Manuel Fumic (GER) | Ivan Alvarez (ESP) |
  | Junior cross-country | Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) | Nino Schurter (SUI) | Oleksandr Yakymenko (UKR) |
  | Cross-country marathon | Thomas Frischknecht (SUI) | Bart Brentjens (NED) | Carsten Bresser (GER) |
  | Downhill | Greg Minnaar (RSA) | Mickael Pascal (FRA) | Fabien Barel (FRA) |
  | Junior downhill | Sam Hill (AUS) | Gee Atherton (GBR) | Cyrille Kurtz (FRA) |
  | Four-cross | Michal Prokop (CZE) | Eric Carter (USA) | Brian Lopes (USA) |
  | Trials, 20 inch | Benito Ros Charral (ESP) | Marco Hösel (GER) | Vincent Hermance (FRA) |
  | Trials, 26 inch | Giacomo Coustellier (FRA) | Marc Caisso (FRA) | Kenny Belaey (BEL) |
  | Junior trials, 20 inch | Diego Barrio Roa (ESP) | Gilles Coustellier (FRA) | Remy Morgan (FRA) |
  | Junior trials, 26 inch | Gilles Coustellier (FRA) | Alexis Touteau (FRA) | Thibault Veuillet (FRA) |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cross-country | Sabine Spitz (GER) | Alison Sydor (CAN) | Irina Kalentieva (RUS) |
  | Junior cross-country | Lisa Mathison (AUS) | Eva Lechner (ITA) | Almut Grieb (GER) |
  | Cross-country marathon | Maja Włoszczowska (POL) | Magdalena Sadlecka (POL) | Sandra Klose (GER) |
  | Downhill | Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) | Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) | Nolvenn Le Caer (FRA) |
  | Junior downhill | Emmeline Ragot (FRA) | Scarlett Hagen (NZL) | Bernardita Pizarro (CHI) |
  | Four-cross | Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) | Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) | Jill Kintner (USA) |
  | Trials | Karin Moor (SUI) | Ann-Christin Bettenhausen (GER) | Lucie Miramond (FRA) |
  
  ### Team events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cross-country | Poland Marcin Karczynski Piotr Formicki Anna Szafraniec Kryspin Pyrgies | Switzerland Ralph Näf Balz Weber Nino Schurter Barbara Blatter | Canada Roland Green Ricky Federau Max Plaxton Christina Redden |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France (FRA) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
  | 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
  | 3 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
  | 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 9 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 16 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 16 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 16 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
  