Casper von Folsach

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Casper von Folsach Road cycling
Casper von Folsach (2018)
Casper von Folsach (2018)
To person
Date of birth March 30, 1993
nation DenmarkDenmark Denmark
discipline Railway (endurance) / road
To the team
Current team ColoQuick
function driver
Most important successes
Olympic games
2016 Bronze medal-2008OB.svg - team pursuit
Last updated: October 26, 2019

Casper von Folsach (born March 30, 1993 in Gentofte ) is a Danish cyclist .

Athletic career

Casper von Folsach has been active in cycling since 2002. In 2009 and 2010 he and Steffen Thomsen won the UIV Cup for young six-day riders as part of the Copenhagen six-day race . Also in 2010 he became Danish junior champion in the single pursuit . In 2011 he won two national junior titles on the road , in the team time trial and in the individual time trial ; on the track he was junior champion in the team pursuit and took podium places in other disciplines. At the UCI Road World Championships for Juniors, he finished sixth in the individual time trial.

At the UEC European Railway Championships in 2011 , von Folsach was runner-up in the team pursuit, together with Lasse Norman Hansen , Michael Mørkøv and Rasmus Christian Quaade ; in the individual time trial of the juniors at the road world championship he reached sixth place. In London , at the Olympic Games , the Danish four-man with von Folsach, Quaade, Mørkøv, Hansen and Mathias Møller Nielsen finished fifth. The following year, at the World Railroad Championships in Minsk , Folsach took third place in the team pursuit, together with Lasse Norman Hansen, Rasmus Christian Quaade and Mathias Møller .

In 2016 Casper von Folsach was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit together with Lasse Norman Hansen , Rasmus Christian Quaade , Niklas Larsen , Frederik Madsen and Casper Pedersen .

At the UCI Rail World Championships 2018 in Apeldoorn , the Danish foursome finished second with von Folsach, Julius Johansen , Frederik Madsen and Niklas Larsen.

successes

train

2010
  • MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish Champion - Single Pursuit (Juniors)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2016
2017
2018
2019

Street

2011
  • MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish Champion - Individual Time Trial (Juniors)
2017
2018

Teams

Web links

Commons : Casper von Folsach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Lasse Norman Hansen was used in qualification and in the first round. Mathias Møller Nielsen only contested the race for fifth to eighth place.