David Schnabel

David Schnabel at his world championship freestyle on November 8th, 2009 in Tavira

David Schnabel (born November 24, 1984 in Alzenau , Aschaffenburg district , Bavaria ) is a former German art cyclist . From 2003 to 2014 he rode in the elite class of artificial cycling, where he won eight world championship titles in the single artificial bike . He ended his career in 2014.

Career

With the seventh World Championship title at the indoor cycling world championship in 2012 in Aschaffenburg, Schnabel became the most successful artistic cyclist in indoor cycling history and holds the current world record in the single artificial bike. He has now won eight world titles for the German team.

In addition, Schnabel won the international German Master Series three times and the national championships six times in the highest competition category.

In 1993 Schnabel joined the "RV Germania Niedernberg " ( Miltenberg district , Bavaria ). Schnabel has been training and driving for RV Adler Soden (Miltenberg district, Bavaria) since summer 2007 .

In May 2012 he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf in Berlin.

Success in the 1-man artificial bike

• World champions: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Vice world champion: 2007
• UCI ranking winner: 2005
• German champion: 2001 (youth), 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
  • German runner-up: 2007, 2011
  • 3rd place German championship: 2006
• Bavarian champion: 1997, 1998, 2000–2013
• World record holder with 208.91 points (record set at the 2011 World Cup in Kagoshima)

Videos

• ARD contribution by David Schnabel
• Video ZDF contribution by David Schnabel  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on January 26, 2014. (offline)
• Article about David Schnabel at WDR Sport inside

Prints

• Jörg Hanau: "The Olympic Dream" , contribution to Frankfurter Rundschau , November 5, 2012
• Markus Tischler: “Artistic cyclist Schnabel - he does gymnastics on his bike” , article on Spiegel Online , November 27, 2010
• “Phenomenal: David Schnabel did it!” , Article on Main-Netz , November 5, 2012

Web links

• Website by David Schnabel
• DOSB: "Indoor Cycling World Championships in Aschaffenburg" , November 5, 2012
• BDR: "World Championships in Aschaffenburg: BDR wins all medals in art driving - third third" , 4th November 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tom Theunissen: A world champion nobody knows. (Video) WDR Sport Inside , January 26, 2015, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2015 .