Kai Melcher
Kai Melcher (born January 1, 1971 in Magdeburg ) is a former German cyclist and world champion in cycling .
Athletic career
He was a member of the SC Dynamo Berlin club when he celebrated the greatest success of his sporting career in 1988. At the UCI Junior World Track Championships in Denmark , he won the gold medal in the 1000-meter time trial . A year later in Moscow he won bronze (silver went to Tom Steels , who later became a successful professional). Third place at the GDR indoor championships in 1988 was his best place in the men's class.
In the following years, despite a few victories in track races, he was unable to build on the great successes as a junior.
Web links
- Kai Melcher in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 3/1988 . Berlin 1988, p. 5 .
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SURNAME | Melcher, Kai |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st January 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |