Jair Tjon En Fa


Jaïr Tjon En Fa is a Surinamese male track cyclist. He began cycling at the age of 13 in 2007 in his home country Suriname. He competed in the sprint event at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and also at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint where he reached the 1/16th Final. At the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint he reached the 1/8th Final. He participated at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico and won bronze in the Elite Sprint. He participated in the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where he was ranked 9th in the Men's Sprint and 6th in the Men's Keirin.

Achievements

He won gold at the Caribbean Track Cycling Championships 2017 and bronze at the 2017 Pan American Track Cycling Championships both in the 200m Men Elite Sprint.
In 2016 he already won silver in the Elite Sprint at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, in Mexico, a first ever for his country.
Jaïr Tjon En Fa also won the 2017 Festival of Speed, a UCI Class 1 race in the event Men's Elite Sprint held in Trexlertown. In 2015 already Jaïr Tjon En Fa surprisingly won the UCI sprint tournament in the Golden Wheel/UCI Champions of Sprint at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown. Beating favorite Trinidad's Njisane Phillip in straight rides in a best-of-three. In 2016 he repeated this win and hold on to the crown at the UCI 9th Festival of Speed Men's Elite Sprint in Pennsylvania, USA. He won bronze in the Elite Sprint at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.
In 2017 he was chosen to be "Sportsman of the Year" in his country Suriname.

Results

2008