Dietmar Schneider (cycling player)

Dietmar Schneider

Dietmar Schneider at the 2012 World Cup in Oftringen
To person
Nickname	Didi
Date of birth	7th December 1974
nation	Austria
discipline	Bike ball
To the team
Current team	RC Höchst
function	Outfield player
Most important successes
World Champion 2011, overall World Cup winner 2005 and 2012
Last updated: January 13, 2012

Dietmar Schneider (born December 7, 1974 ) is a former Austrian cyclist from RC Höchst .

Career

In 1998 Dietmar Schneider took part in a world championship for the first time and won a bronze medal there. In the following twelve years he and various partners won seven further bronze and two silver medals.

In 2011 he won gold for the first time with his young partner Patrick Schnetzer . This was also the first time that an Austrian cycling duo won the world championship.

At the beginning of 2013 he ended his career after more than 30 years. With twelve World Cup medals and two overall World Cup victories, he is the most successful Austrian cyclist. With a total of 14 World Cup tournament victories, he is also the most successful World Cup participant in the world.

successes

• World Championship
  • World Champion 2011
  • Silver medal in 1999 , 2001 and 2012
  • Bronze medal in 1998 , 2000 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2009 and 2010
• Overall World Cup
  • 1st place 2005 , 2012
  • 2nd place 2011
  • 3rd place 2008
• European Cup
  • 1st place 2000 , 2001 , 2008 , 2009
  • 2nd place 1998 , 1999 , 2006
  • 3rd place 2012
• Austrian championship
  • 1st place 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 (a total of 11 times)
  • 2nd place in 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup chronicle 1927–2010 on www.swiss-cycling.ch ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; 245 kB) accessed on June 28, 2014  
2. ↑ vorarlberg.orf.at of November 6, 2011: Vorarlbergers are world champions in cycling
3. ↑ Austrian Masters 1997–2010 on radsportverband.at ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. accessed on June 28, 2014