Eric Wohlberg

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Eric Wohlberg Road cycling
To person
Date of birth January 8, 1965
nation CanadaCanada Canada
discipline Street
Driver type Time trial
End of career 2008
Most important successes
Pan American Games
1999 gold - individual time trial
Commonwealth Games
1998 gold - individual time trial
Last updated: December 15, 2018

Eric Wohlberg (born January 8, 1965 in Oakville , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian cyclist . He was Canadian time trial champion eight times in a row .

Athletic career

Eric Wohlberg began his career in 1996 with the US cycling team Shaklee . In the same year he became Canadian time trial champion for the first time, a success that he was able to repeat seven times in a row by 2002. He celebrated his first international success in 1997 in the time trial of the Tour de Langkawi ; In 1999 he decided another stage of the Tour de Langkawi for himself. In 2000 he won an overall ranking for the first time at the Tour de Hokkaidō . In 2001 he moved to the Saturn Cycling Team and in 2004 won the Tour of Wellington for Sierra Nevada Cycling . From 2005, Wohlberg drove for the Canadian Continental Team Symmetrics .

Wohlberg started three times at the Olympic Games : 1996 , 2000 and 2004 . He started in time trials and road races, but was only able to achieve a top position in the individual time trial in 2004 with 18th place. He started four times at the Commonwealth Games ; In 1998 he won the individual time trial and was third in the road race. He also won the time trial at the Pan American Games in 1999 .

Eric Wohlberg ended his cycling career in 2008 and has since worked as a consultant and sports director for various teams.

Honors

In October 2018, Eric Wohlberg was inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame .

successes

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
  • MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Champion - Individual Time Trial
2002
2003
2004
2007

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Erskine: Eric Wohlberg inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame. In: manitoulin.ca. October 10, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Wohlberg, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakville , Ontario