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Juli Furtado

Chronology

1967	Born March 4 in New York City
1974	Parents divorce and mother moves kids to Vermont
1979	Attends the Atratton Mountain School Ski Academy
1980	Joins the U.S. National Junior ski team
1987	Knee injury forces her out of skiing
1989	Prescribed bike riding as part of physical therapy for her knee injury. Falls in love with riding
1989	Wins championships in road racing, but soon finds her true passion is for mountain biking
1990	Takes the World Cross Country Championships
1991	Spends her first full season as a professional mountain biker
1991	Earns her degree in marketing from the University of Colorado
1996	For the first time in four years she fails to win World Cup title
1996	Earns spot on the U.S. Olympic team, but fatigued, she finishes only tenth.
1997	Consistently tired and finishing lower and lower in results, Furtado sees a doctor and is diagnosed with Lyme disease in the spring. In November the diagnosis will be changed to Lupus
1997	Announces her retirement from competitive mountain biking, and spends more time at her home in California