Kai Saaler

Kai Saaler

Kai Saaler at the 24h MTB Guinness book record attempt in favor of multiple sclerosis sufferers
To person
nation	Germany
discipline	Ultra mountain biking (12h / 24h)
height	171 cm
Racing weight	63 kg summer 75 kg winter
To the team
Current team	KS Endurance eV
Societies)
2012-2016	Regio-Cycling, Follow Me MTB- Team , Back for®est
Most important successes
24h MTB Guinness book record attempt (2019), 24h WEMBO world champion (U30), 24h WEMBO European champion, 12h MTB world champion, 12h MTB world champion (men), victory 24h final Ligure (2018)
Last updated: December 19, 2019

Kai Saaler (born December 7, 1986 in Bad Säckingen ) is a German mountain biker who specializes in ultra marathons .

Live and act

Saaler is both world champion and European champion in 12h and 24h mountain biking as a solo rider. He won numerous 12-hour and 24-hour races, including the MTB race in Finale Ligure (2018). Saaler has been committed to multiple sclerosis sufferers for years and would like to draw attention to this nervous disease with his extreme endurance races . In 2019, he organized a 24-hour MTB altitude difference world record attempt , ridden 9,774.19 meters in altitude within 12 hours and 17,391.71 meters in altitude on a mountain bike on unpaved trails within 24 hours. With the record attempt, donations were collected for the AMSEL Foundation in Lörrach. The extreme sport operates Saaler as a hobby and work in production development at Hella . Nevertheless, he pursues his hobby professionally and, for example, built one of the lightest (6.1 kg) mountain bikes in the world together with his equipment suppliers. In 2018, Saaler and his team of supervisors founded their own non-profit association in order to continue to pursue competitive sport at an international level. To KS Endurance e. V. includes two physiotherapists , a sports and nutrition therapist , and two technicians in order to be able to cover all facets of the racing team. In 2019 Kai Saaler was one of the most published mountain bike riders in Germany and thus managed to place the ultra-distance scene in the public eye. In his record attempt in 2019, he thrilled thousands of viewers who celebrated his sport together with bands like Sameday Records (known from Voice of Germany ). In the same year he won the unofficial German 24h MTB championship at Alfsee , achieved the 12h MTB Vieze European championship and only one week later a new lap record at the legendary 24h MTB race in Schötz ( Switzerland ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 12h MTB European Championship Dießen: Race report by Kai Saaler. In: MTB-News.de. August 13, 2017, accessed on January 9, 2020 (German). 
2. ↑ Website KS Endurance eV Accessed on December 19, 2019 . 
3. ↑ mtb-news.de. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
4. ↑ BIKE magazine. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
5. ↑ mtb-news.de. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
6. ^ Badische Zeitung. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Südkurier. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Radio Rainbow. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Bike magazine. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Imprint & data protection. Retrieved February 14, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Kai Saaler new member of the RG family. September 4, 2019, accessed on February 14, 2020 (German). 
12. ^ Badische Zeitung: Party with Sameday Records - Wehr - Badische Zeitung. Retrieved February 14, 2020 . 
13. ↑ alfsee - Jochen Böhringer - MTB & Ultracycling. Retrieved on February 14, 2020 (German). 
14. ↑ Jörg Trennhaus: 24h mountain bike race at the Alfsee. In: Schnelldruck. May 27, 2019, accessed on February 14, 2020 (German). 
15. ↑ Andre Partmann: Twice around the world: 1006 participants cycle 91,000 kilometers on the "24-hour MTB" on the Alfsee. Retrieved February 14, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Verlagshaus Jaumann Germany: Hasel: Kai Saaler is Vice European Champion - Verlagshaus Jaumann. Retrieved February 14, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Verlagshaus Jaumann Germany: Sportmix: Saaler again in a record mood - Verlagshaus Jaumann. Retrieved February 14, 2020 .