Martina Ritter

Martina Ritter

Martina Ritter (2018)
To person
Date of birth	23rd September 1982 (age 37)
nation	Austria
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Wiggle High5
function	driver
End of career	2018
Team (s)
2014–2016 2017 2018	BTC City Ljubljana Drops Cycling Team Wiggle High5
Most important successes
Austrian cycling championships
gold	2012	Mountain driving
silver	2012	Individual time trial
silver	2012	Road racing
gold	2013	Individual time trial
silver	2013	Road racing
silver	2013	criteria
gold	Igls 2014	Individual time trial
gold	Güssing 2015	Road racing
gold	Güssing 2015	Individual time trial
gold	Strasswalchen 2016	Individual time trial
gold	Grünau 2017	Road racing
gold	Grünau 2017	Individual time trial
gold	Vienna 2018	Individual time trial
Last updated: November 7, 2018

Martina Ritter (born September 23, 1982 in Linz ) is a former Austrian cyclist and eight-time Austrian champion (2013-2018).

Career

Ritter became Austrian state champion in mountain driving in 2012 and in individual time trial in 2013 . She won the silver medal in 2012 in the individual time trial, in 2012 and 2013 in the road race and in 2013 in the criterion discipline . At the UCI Road World Championships in 2012 , she started in the individual time trial and was 23rd in 2013 , she finished 29th in this discipline. In 2012 and 2013 she finished third in the overall ranking of the Czech Cycling Tour . In 2015 she became Austrian champion in road racing, in 2016 for the fourth time in the individual time trial.

Riter started the road race at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and finished 46th. At the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen , Norway , Ritter finished 24th in the road race and 29th in the individual time trial.

Martina Ritter originally wanted to end her active cycling career after the Olympic season. However, after receiving an offer from the British cycling team Drops Cycling Teams , she decided to leave her previous team BTC City Ljubljana and be the only professional cyclist in Austria to continue to be active until the domestic UCI Road World Championships in Tyrol in 2018 . In Innsbruck she finished 25th in the individual time trial. At the end of the season she resigned from cycling.

Private

Martina Ritter completed a degree in economics and business education. She lives in her place of birth Linz and has been the managing director of Sportunion Oberösterreich since 2017 .

successes

2013

• Austrian champion - individual time trial

2014

• Austrian champion - individual time trial

2015

• Austrian champion - road race, individual time trial

2016

• Austrian champion - individual time trial

2017

• a stage Gracia Orlová
• Austrian champion - road race, individual time trial

2018

• Austrian champion - individual time trial

Teams

• 2014–2016 BTC City Ljubljana
• 2017 Drops Cycling Team
• 2018 Wiggle High5

Web links

Commons : Martina Ritter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Martina Ritter in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Martina Ritter in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Martina Ritter's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Roseneder: Austrian Cycling Association - Martina Ritter extends until the 2018 World Cycling Championships in Tyrol. In: radsportverband.at. October 24, 2016, accessed October 31, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Martina Ritter - Profile