Elke Gebhardt

Elke Gebhardt on the Thuringia Tour 2012

Elke Gebhardt (born July 22, 1983 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a former German racing cyclist who was active on track and road.

In 1993 Elke Gebhardt began competitive cycling. After she was successful even as a youth and junior, she was second in the 2002 German railway Championships elite points race ; In 2005 and 2009 she won the championship in the same discipline, in 2006 and 2008 she was third. In 2007 she won bronze in the Omnium at the European Championships in Cottbus . In 2008 she won the 2007/2008 Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen in the team sprint with Verena Jooss and Alexandra Sontheimer . In 2010 she was part of the German squad for the Rail World Cup in Copenhagen.

Elke Gebhardt is also successful in road races. She took good places in the Qatar Tour 2010 and in the Giro della Toscana Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini . In 2013 she won a stage of the Holland Ladies Tour and in 2014 a stage each of the Bern Tour and the Thuringia Tour of Women .

Elke Gebhardt drives for the RSG Eichstetten . In 2002 she graduated from high school and then trained as a sports and fitness clerk. Since 2007 she has been a member of a police sports promotion group. In 2014 she ended her sporting career to finish her studies in "International Management".

Teams

• 2002–2004 Team Redbull Stadtwerke Frankfurt Oder
• 2005–2006 Team Rothaus-VitaClassica
• 2007 Hoffmann drinks team
• 2008 Team Rothaus-VitaClassica
• 2013 Argos-Shimano (women's team)
• 2014 Bigla Cycling Team

Web links

Commons : Elke Gebhardt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Elke Gebhardt in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gebhardt ends her career. radsport-news.com, October 6, 2014, accessed October 6, 2014 .