Alexander Gehbauer
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Date of birth | 24th April 1990 (age 30) |
nation | Austria |
discipline | Mountain bike |
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Last updated: March 25, 2020 |
Alexander Gehbauer (born April 24, 1990 in Drobollach ) is a former Austrian mountain biker.
Career
Alexander Gehbauer started cycling at an early age, and when he was ten he joined a cycling club. A great role model for him was his brother Robert Gehbauer , who was two years his senior and won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 2005.
He contested his first race in 2001 at the Carinthian State Championships. He took second place there. In 2012 he became Austrian national champion in cross country. In the same year he took part in the Summer Olympics in the Cross Country competition and finished ninth. In 2013 he was again Austrian national champion in cross country.
Three years later he took part in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , where he fell and suffered bruises and abrasions and had to be treated in hospital.
In 2017, the then 27-year-old declared his active time over.
Successes - mountain bike
- 2010
- 2011
- World Cup Dalby Forest - Cross Country (U23)
- World Cup Offenburg - Cross Country (U23)
- World Cup Pietermaritzburg - Cross Country (U23)
- 2012
- 2013
Successes - cyclocross
- 2010/2011
- 2011/2012
- 2014/2015
Web links
- http://www.sporthilfe.at/index,2982,Gehbauer+Alexander.html
- http://www.gehbauerbrothers.com/alexander
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander gets off the professional bike forever (May 12, 2017)
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SURNAME | Gehbauer, Alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mountain biker |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Drobollach |