Eduard Fuchs (extreme athlete)

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Eduard Fuchs Road cycling
To person
Date of birth September 8, 1975
nation Austria
discipline Ultracycling
To the team
Current team Langmann & Partner Powerteam
Most important successes
  • 2nd place Red Bull Trans Siberian Extreme 2015 & 2016
  • Triple victory at the "Race Around Austria" (2010, 2011 & 2012)
  • UMCA Ultracycling European Champion 2014
  • Victory at Race Around Ireland 2014
  • Finisher Race Across America 2013
  • Victories in several 12 and 24 hour races including course records
Last update: 10.01.2016

Eduard Fuchs (born September 8, 1975 in Bad Radkersburg ) is an Austrian extreme cyclist . Born in Bad Radkersburger, he is a professional sergeant in the Austrian Armed Forces and lives in Graz .

Eduard Fuchs has competed regularly in cycling races since he was 14 , and since 2008 ultra and extreme cycling races . He competed in over 800 one-day and stage races worldwide .

In 2008 he entered the ultracycling scene. He won the Race Around Austria three times in a row (2010, 2011 and 2012) . By winning the Race Around Ireland 2014, he also became the first Austrian UMCA Ultracycling European Champion. In 2013 he finished 8th overall at his premiere of the Race Across America . In 2015 he started in the longest bike race in the world - the Red Bull Trans Siberian Extreme and finished 2nd overall on the route from Moscow to Vladivostok after 9195 km in 23 days.

He is currently starting for the sports community "Langmann & Partner Powerteam", before that for the following teams :

  • ARBÖ ASKÖ Desserta Graz
  • ARBÖ ASKÖ Raaba
  • ARBÖ Denzel
  • URC Schwarzl Lake Lassnitzhöhe

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personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian extreme athlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Radkersburg