Carsten Niederberger

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Carsten Niederberger (born November 17, 1979 in Heidenheim an der Brenz ) is a former German modern pentathlete .

After Niederberger had been active in swimming for some time , he turned to modern pentathlon in 1993. In the same year, at the age of fourteen, he won the German C-youth championships. In 1995 the first call-up to the national team of the German Association for Modern Pentathlon followed under the then national coach Herbert Rieden .

The sporting highlight of his career was winning the world title with the relay at the 2002 World Championships in San Francisco .

In 2005 Niederberger retired from international competitive sport and officially declared his career over. This was preceded by a long-term dispute with national coach Iri Zlatanov .

Carsten Niederberger is a member of the water polo team in SV Heidenheim 04 (Association League Baden-Württemberg).

successes

  • German championships:
    • 1993: 1st (C-youth)
    • 1995: 1st (B-youth)
    • 1996: 1st (A youth)
    • 1999: 1st (juniors)
    • 2002: 3rd (men)
  • European Championships:
    • 1995: 3rd (B-youth) team
    • 1996: 3rd (junior) season
    • 1999: 3rd (junior) team
  • World Championships:
    • 2001: 6th team
    • 2002: 1st (active) season

swell

  1. ^ Association for Modern Pentathlon, archive of results ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fuenf-nrw.de
  2. ↑ Water polo in Baden
personal data
SURNAME Niederberger, Carsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German modern pentathlon
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidenheim an der Brenz