Anna Knauer

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Anna Knauer Road cycling
Anna Knauer (2015)
Anna Knauer (2015)
To person
Date of birth February 20, 1995
nation GermanyGermany 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
UEC European Rail Championships
2018 silver - elimination race
2014 bronze - Omnium
UCI Track World Championships (Juniors)
2013 World Champion - Omnium
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

Anna Knauer at the German Road Championships 2015

train

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
  • German champions German champion - Omnium
2018

Street

2011
  • German champions German Champion (youth) - road race, individual time trial
2012
  • German champions German Champion (Juniors) - Road Race
2013
  • German champions German Champion (Juniors) - Road Race

Web links

Commons : Anna Knauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First Cadolzburg, then Olympia in Rio. nordbayern.de, April 25, 2013, accessed April 10, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Anna Knauer at Olympia and the police. In: nordbayern.de. July 16, 2016, accessed July 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Anna Knauer ends her cycling career. In: rad-net.de. July 17, 2019, accessed July 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Eichstätt: World Champion Oktoberfest Queen. In: donaukurier.de. August 31, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Knauer, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Eichstatt