Juli Furtado started skiing at age two, and racing at age 9 after her family moved to Vermont, where Furtado attended the Stratton Mountain School.
10 Facts About Juli Furtado
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In 1989, her first year competing, Juli Furtado won the US National Road Championship.
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Juli Furtado was then introduced to mountain biking, and in 1990, again her first year competing, she won the cross-country event in the first official Mountain Bike World Championship, held in Durango, Colorado.
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In 1996, Juli Furtado won both the World Cup and the NORBA cross-country championships.
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Juli Furtado's disease is currently under control, and she still rides.
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Juli Furtado's designs were eventually picked up by Santa Cruz Bikes.
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Juli Furtado became the director of grass-roots sponsorship and marketing for Santa Cruz Bicycles, in Santa Cruz, California.
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In 2013, Furtado developed the concept for turning the single Juliana frame and associated components into a complete line of fully outfitted women's mountain bikes, which would be a first for Santa Cruz, primarily a frame producer.
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Juli Furtado became the mother of a son in 2008 and is currently working again with the US National ski team, as an advocate for retiring athletes.
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Juli Furtado was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1993 and the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2005.