Markus Schulte-Lünzum

Markus Schulte-Lünzum (born July 16, 1991 in Haltern , today Haltern am See) is a young German athlete in the sport of mountain biking and has been an elite rider since 2014.

Career

Schulte-Lünzum's home sports club is the ATV Haltern . In 2007 he won all races of the U17 mountain bike Bundesliga and also secured the German championship title. In 2008 he finished 8th in the U19 class at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole in Italy. He has been driving for the German SKS MIG since 2008, which became the Focus MIG Team in 2010 and the Focus XC Team in 2013. In 2009 he won the German championship title in the U19 Cross Country Mountain Bike category in Schotten . At the 2009 European Mountain Bike Championships in Zoetermeer (Netherlands), he finished 5th. In the German relay he won bronze at the 2012 World Championships in Champery (CH) and 2013 in Pietermaritzburg (RSA).

In 2013 and 2014 he was athlete of the year in the Recklinghausen district. In 2016 he became German champion of the elite in XCO for the second time after 2014 in Wombach.

successes

MTB World Championships (relay):

• 3rd place 2012 Saalfelden (A)
• 3rd place 2013 Pietermaritzburg (RSA)

MTB World Championships (Elite):

• 18th place 2014 Hafjel (NOR)
• 40th place 2015 Andorra (AND)
• 35th place 2016 Nové Město (CZE)

MTB World Championships (U23):

• 42nd place 2010 Mont Sainte Anne (CA)
• 7th place 2011 Champery (CH)
• 8th place 2012 Saalfelden (A)
• 10th place 2013 Pietermaritzburg (RSA)

MTB World Championships (U19):

• 8th place 2008 Val di Sole (I)

MTB European Championships (Elite):

• 10th place 2014 St. Wendel (GER)
• 37th place 2015 Chies d Alpaka (I)
• 20th place 2016 Jönköping Husqvarna (SE)

MTB European Championships (U23):

• 8th place 2011 Dohnany (SK)
• 17th place 2013 Bern (CH)

MTB - European Championships (U19):

• 7th place 2008 St. Wendel (D)
• 5th place 2009 Zoetermeer (NL)

MTB World Cup (U23):

• 3rd place 2011 Dalby Forest (GB)
• 2nd place 2011 Offenburg (D)
• 12th place 2011 Nové Město (CZE)
• 3rd place 2011 Val di Sole (I)
• 3rd place 2012 Pietermaritzburg (RSA)
• 1st place 2013 Albstadt (GER)
• 1st place 2013 Val di Sole (I)
• 5th place 2013 Monte St. Anne (CAN)
• 2nd place 2013 Vallnord (AND)
• Overall World Cup overall winner 2013 as the first German

MTB World Cup (U19):

• 3rd place 2008 Offenburg (D)
• 7th place 2008 Houffalize (B)
• 3rd place 2009 Offenburg (D)
• 3rd place 2009 Houffalize (B)

MTB - German Championships:

• 2nd place 2006 U17 Steinbach am Wald
• 1st place 2007 U17 Gerstetten
• 4th place 2008 U19 St. Märgen
• 1st place 2009 U19 Scots
• 2nd place 2010 U23 Bad Salzdetfurth
• 1st place 2011 U23 Albstadt
• 1st place 2012 U23 Bad Säckingen
• 3rd place 2013 voluntarily in the Elite Bad Salzdetfurth
• 1st place 2014 Elite Bad Säckingen
• 2nd place 2015 Elite Saalhausen
• 1st place 2016 Elite Rombach

MTB - Bundesliga:

• Overall win 2011 Bundesliga U23

Cyclocross - German Championships:

• 1st place 2013 U23 Bad Salzdetfurth
• 4th place 2014 Elite Bad Dölhau
• 6th place 2015 Elite Borna

Web links

• official homepage