David Graf (cyclist)

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David Graf Road cycling
To person
Date of birth September 8, 1989
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
discipline BMX
To the team
Current team Gates Nicolai team
Most important successes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland2013, 2014, 2016–2019 Swiss BMX champion
Olympic flag.svg2016 Olympic participation
World Champion2018 pump track world champion

David Graf (born September 8, 1989 ) is a Swiss BMX and mountain bike rider ( Four Cross ) from Winterthur .

So far Graf has been Swiss champion in BMX three times (2013, 2014 and 2016), with two medals before that. Internationally, he won bronze at the 2015 BMX World Championships in Belgium and at the European Games in Baku . In 2016 he finished second at the BMX European Championships in Italy . At the 2016 Olympic Games , he was eliminated in the semi-finals after setting the second-best time in the run-up.

His best placement in Fourcross is 4th place in 2012, with first place then going to Roger Rinderknecht , who, like Graf, is also a member of Powerbike Winterthur and is now the Swiss national BMX trainer.

David Graf was voted Winterthur Sportsman of the Year 2015 on March 2, 2016 .

In 2018 he won the first world title in the pump track .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Welcome to the Zimtstern Bike Team, David Graf! BVA BikeMedia GmbH, accessed on December 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Swiss BMX Championships. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Episode 11: BMX rider David Graf & loud Swiss fans. TeleZüri , August 16, 2016, accessed December 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Sport Award 2018 from February 28, 2019. Panathlon Club Winterthur, accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Results - Men Elite UCI BMX World Championships 2015 (BEL / CM). (No longer available online.) July 25, 2015, archived from the original on July 30, 2016 ; accessed on July 30, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uci.infostradasports.com
  6. ↑ Cycling BMX. In: European Games Baku 2016. June 28, 2015, accessed on July 30, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Results - UEC BMX European Championships - Continental Championships 2016 (ITA / CC). (No longer available online.) July 10, 2016, archived from the original on August 18, 2016 ; accessed on July 30, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uci.infostradasports.com
  8. ↑ David Graf is Winterthur Sportsman of the Year. Toponline, March 3, 2016, accessed July 30, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Count, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss BMX and mountain bike riders
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1989