Gerhard Kerschbaumer

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Gerhard Kerschbaumer at the 2012 Olympic Games
Gerhard Kerschbaumer at the 2012 Olympic Games
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Date of birth 19th July 1991 (age 29)
nation ItalyItaly Italy
discipline Mountain bike
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2000-2009 SV St. Lorenzen
Last updated: November 11, 2019

Gerhard Kerschbaumer (born July 19, 1991 in Brixen ) is an Italian mountain biker from Verdings ( Klausen ). He is a multiple national cross country champion and participated in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Career

Kerschbaumer began his career in 2000 with the cycling section of S. V. St. Lorenzen , where he rode until 2009. In 2009 he drove his first professional race at the Cross Country Junior World Cup , in which he achieved second place as the best result. In the same year he became Italian cross country champion. In 2010 he won his first U23 World Cup race in Pietermaritzburg and he finished fifth at the 2010 Mountain Bike World Championships in the U23 class.

In 2011 he won four out of seven races and thereby secured the overall World Cup victory. In 2012 he won one of seven U23 World Cup races and finished the season in second place overall. In the same year he took part in the Olympic Games in London. In the race at Hadleigh Farm , he finished thirteenth. In 2013 he was U23 world champion in South Africa (alongside Jolanda Neff in the U23 women) and in the elite World Cup race in Andorra he finished fifth.

Italian champion 2018

In 2015 and 2016 he took first place twice in international races (Kirchberg in Tirol; Courmeyeur-Italy) (Ottenschlag im Mühlkreis-Austria; Salamis, Greece). In 2017 he finished third in the elite world cup race in Mont Sainte Anne (Canada) and was also named Italian champion in the same year.

In 2018 he won his first World Cup victory in Andorra, he took second place in the World Cup race in Val di Sole (Italy) and was again Italian champion of the elite. He also won several international races. In September the South Tyrolean became Vice World Champion Cross Country in Lenzerheide (Switzerland) behind Nino Schurter .

successes

2009

  • 1st place juniors, Cross-Country World Cup ( Offenburg )
  • 1st place Juniors, Cross-Country World Cup ( Houffalize )
  • 1st place Juniors, Cross-Country World Cup ( Schladming )
  • Junior Cross-Country European Champion ( Zoetermeer )
  • Junior Cross-Country World Champion ( Canberra )
  • World Champion with the Cross-Country Relay ( Canberra )

2010

2011

  • 1st place U23, Cross-Country World Cup ( Pietermaritzburg )
  • 1st place U23, Cross-Country World Cup ( Mont-Sainte-Anne )
  • 1st place U23, Cross-Country World Cup ( Windham )
  • 6th place U23, Cross-Country World Cup ( Nové Město na Moravě )
  • 1st place U23, Cross-Country World Cup ( Val di Sole )
  • Overall victory U23, Cross-Country World Cup
  • Bronze with the cross-country relay
  • U23 European Cross-Country Champion ( Dohnany )

2012

  • 2nd place overall U23, Cross-Country World Cup
  • 7th place U23, Cross-Country World Championships ( Saalfelden )
  • 13th place Olympic Cross Country Races ( Hadleigh Farm )
  • 1st place U23, Cross-Country World Cup ( Val-d'Isère )

2013

2014

  • 5th place Elite, Cross-Country World Cup (Meribel, France)

2015

  • 1st place Elite, Cross-Country International race (Kirchberg, Austria)
  • 1st place Elite, Cross-Country International race (Courmeyeur, Italy)
  • 4th place Elite, Cross-Country International race (Baku, Azerbaijan)
  • 13th place Elite, Cross-Country World Cup (Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic)
  • 2nd place Elite, Cross-Country International race (Maser, Italy)

2016

  • 2nd place Elite, Cross-Country International race (Obertraun, Austria)
  • 1st place Elite, Cross-Country International race (Ottenschlag im Mühlkreis, Austria)
  • 3rd place Elite, Cross-Country International race (Meribel, France)
  • 4th place Elite, Marathon International race (Alta Valtellina, Italy)
  • 10th place Elite, European Cross-Country Championship (Husqvarna, Sweden)
  • 1st place Elite, Marathon International race (Salamis, Greece)

2017

  • Elite, Italian Cross-Country Champion (Genoa, Italy)
  • 3rd place Elite, Cross-Country World Cup (Mont Sainte Anne, Canada)
  • 3rd place relay, cross-country (Brescia, Italy)
  • 13th place Elite, Cross-Country World Championship (Cairns, Australia)
  • 8th place Elite, Cross-Country World Cup (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)

2018

  • 1st place Elite Men, Cross Country World Cup ( Vallnord )
  • 2nd place Elite, Cross-Country World Cup (Val di Sole, Italy)
  • Elite, Cross-County Italian Champion (Pila, Aosta Valley)
  • 1st place Elite, Cross- Country International race (Graz, Austria)
  • 1st place Elite, Cross- Country International race (Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria)
  • 1st place Elite, Cross- Country International race (Pineto, Italy)
  • 1st place Elite, Cross- Country International race (Alpago, Italy)
  • Silver, Cross-Country World Championship (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GERHARD KERSCHBAUMER
  2. ↑ Kerschbaumer takes first victory in the MTB World Cup - Fumic retires due to a defect (July 15, 2018)
  3. ↑ Mountain biker Gerhard Kerschbaumer - Silver for a walker (September 13, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Kerschbaumer, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mountain biker (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Brixen