Anna Knauer
Anna Knauer (2015) | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | February 20, 1995 |
nation | Germany |
discipline | Train, road |
End of career | 2019 |
Societies) | |
2006–2011 2012 2013 2018–2019 |
RC Germania Weißenburg RSC Hildesheim Rottaler RSV RC Germania Weißenburg |
Team (s) | |
2014–2015 2016–2017 |
Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team Parkhotel Valkenburg |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: July 17, 2019 |
Anna Knauer (born February 20, 1995 in Eichstätt ) is a former German cyclist .
Athletic career
In 2011 Anna Knauer won six German championship titles in the youth class: in the road race and in the individual time trial on the road as well as in the points trial , 500-meter time trial , in single and team pursuit (with Luisa Kattinger and Gudrun Stock ) on the track . In 2012 Anna Knauer became the German junior woman champion in road races and won the overall ranking of the cycling Bundesliga. In the same year she won the gold medal in the Omnium and the silver medal in the single pursuit at the European Track Championships (U23) in Veldrom in Anadia, Portugal, and finished tenth in the individual time trial of the European Junior Championships in Goes, the Netherlands .
In 2013, the all-rounder Knauer again became the six-time German champion, now as a junior: in road races and in the rail disciplines of points race, individual pursuit, time trial, team sprint (with Sabina Ossyra ) and team pursuit (with Kattinger, Stock and Tatjana Paller ). At the junior track world championships in Glasgow in the same year , she became world champion in the Omnium. The trainer of the Bavarian Cycling Association, Elisabeth Lutzke, described Anna Knauer in 2013 as “a real exceptional talent that you don't have every year in competitive sport”.
In 2014 Anna Knauer won the bronze medal in the Omnium at the European Railway Championships in Guadeloupe and was the first German female cyclist to win a medal in this all-around competition in the international elite class. At the UEC European Track Championships for Juniors / U23 2015 in Athens , she won the silver medal in the team pursuit with Mieke Kröger , Lisa Klein and Gudrun Stock .
In 2016 Knauer was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished 13th in the Omnium. In the same year she was accepted into the newly established sports promotion group of the Bavarian police. In 2017 she had to take a break from cycling for several months because of "overtraining" until she was able to race again from the beginning of 2018. In 2018 she was two-time German champion, in two-man team driving and in team pursuit. In August she won at the track European Championships in Scotland Glasgow behind the multiple Olympic champion Laura Kenny in the elimination races second place.
Anna Knauer ended her career in 2019: she no longer enjoys cycling.
Miscellaneous
In 2019 Anna Knauer acted as Oktoberfest queen at the folk festival in her hometown of Eichstätt.
successes
train
- 2011
- German Champion (youth) - time trial, individual pursuit, points race, team pursuit (with Gudrun Stock and Luisa Kattinger )
- 2012
- Junior European Champion - Omnium
- Junior European Championship - Single Pursuit
- German Champion (Juniors) - Points race, team pursuit (with Julie Gudlowski and Ann-Leonie Wiechmann )
- 2013
- Junior World Champion - Omnium
- German champion (juniors) - points race, individual pursuit, time trial, team pursuit (with Luisa Kattinger , Tatjana Paller and Gudrun Stock )
- 2014
- European Railway Championships - Omnium
- German champion - Omnium
- 2015
- UEC Rail European Championships (U23) - Team Pursuit (with Lisa Klein , Mieke Kröger and Gudrun Stock )
- German champion - Omnium, points race
- 2016
- 2018
- European Championship - Elimination Race
- German champion - two-man team driving (with Lisa Küllmer ), team pursuit (with Charlotte Becker , Gudrun Stock and Vanessa Wolfram )
Street
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
Web links
- Anna Knauer in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Anna Knauer in the rad-net.de database
- Anna Knauer in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Official website of Anna Knauer. Retrieved April 10, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ^ First Cadolzburg, then Olympia in Rio. nordbayern.de, April 25, 2013, accessed April 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Anna Knauer at Olympia and the police. In: nordbayern.de. July 16, 2016, accessed July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Anna Knauer ends her cycling career. In: rad-net.de. July 17, 2019, accessed July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Eichstätt: World Champion Oktoberfest Queen. In: donaukurier.de. August 31, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Knauer, Anna |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1995 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eichstatt |