Achim Burkart

Achim Burkart
	Achim Burkart (2016)
To person
Date of birth	June 30, 1992
nation	Germany
discipline	Track cycling, road cycling
End of career	2019
Societies)
2004–2007 ; 2008–2011 ; 2013–2015 ; 2016–2019	Cycling team Lutz ; RSV Wanderlust Hofweier ; RSV Irschenberg ; RSV Edelweiß Oberhausen
Most important successes
	UEC Derny European Championship 2017, 2019
	Last updated: September 3, 2019

Burkart at the Derny European Championships 2017 behind pacemaker Christian Ertel

Achim Burkart (born June 30, 1992 in Bühl ) is a former German cyclist.

Athletic career

In 2010, Achim Burkart became German junior runner-up in road racing . On the track , he was also runner-up in the team pursuit , together with Fabian Ederle, Kersten Thiele and Sören Seip. In the two-man team race, he finished third with Thiele.

In 2014, Burkart took second place in the elite points race at the German track championships in Cottbus . At the UEC Derny European Championships in Copenhagen he was runner-up behind the pacemaker Peter Bäuerlein .

At the German Championships in Track Cycling 2016 in Cottbus , Achim Burkart and Nico Heßlich became German champions in two-man team driving. In addition, behind pacemaker Christian Ertel, he became the first German derny master. The following year he initially defended his title as German derny master and then became European champion . Burkart and Ertel were the first German Derny European champions since the competition was introduced. In 2018 he won the title at the German Derny Championship for the third time in a row and won the bronze medal at the European Championship.

In 2019, Achim Burkart and pacemaker Ertel became European champion in the derny race for the second time. After becoming the German derny champion for the fourth time in a row in the same year, he announced his retirement from cycling.