Michael Teuber (cyclist)

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Michael Teuber Road cycling
Michael Teuber (2016)
Michael Teuber (2016)
To person
Date of birth January 23, 1968
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Paracycling - train / street (C1)
Societies)
2004–2006
2007–2014
2015– 		RC Forward Odelzhausen
RSG Augsburg
BSV Munich
Most important successes
Summer Paralympics
2016 Gold medal-2008PG.svg - individual time trial
2012 Gold medal-2008PG.svg - individual time trial
2008 Gold medal-2008PG.svg - individual time trial
2008 Silver medal-2008PG.svg - one's pursuit
2004 Gold medal IPC 1994-2004.svg - one's pursuit
2004 Gold medal IPC 1994-2004.svg - individual time trial
Last updated: May 4, 2020
On November 30th, Teuber set a new hour record in the Berlin Velodrome with 42.853 kilometers

Michael Teuber (born January 23, 1968 in Tegernsee ) is a German Paracyclist .

Life

In August 1987, Michael Teuber suffered incomplete paraplegia in the area of ​​the lumbar spine in a car accident in France , which left him completely paralyzed below the knee joint. He studied business administration and is now one of the few disabled sports professionals (since 1997). He is also a Laureus Sports Ambassador, Paralympic Ambassador (2008) and was a candidate for the Athletes Commission of the International Paralympic Committee IPC in 2008 . He is married, has a daughter and lives in Odelzhausen .

Sports career

After a long rehabilitation phase and a minimally preserved residual function of the right thigh, Michael Teuber began cycling in 1989, first with a mountain bike , then with a racing bike . In 1998 he was first nominated for the Paralympic World Championships, where he won two gold medals.

Michael Teuber starts in class C1 (formerly LC4) over 1000 and 3000 meters as well as in team sprints , road races and time trials.

On November 30, 2018, Michael Teuber improved the previous hour record in class C1 to 42.583 kilometers as part of the Track Cycling World Cup in the Berlin Velodrom . The previous record was 39.326 kilometers and was set by Teuber himself on May 8, 2005 on the cycle race track in Augsburg .

Rockclimbing

Despite his handicap, Teuber achieved several exceptional performances. In 2008 he conquered the Pico del Teide on Tenerife (3718 m) and in 2010 with the Kilimanjaro (5895 m) the highest mountain in Africa. On February 9, 2017, led by Marco Cruz and accompanied by Tilo Komma-Pöllath and Israel Paez, he reached Chimborazo in Ecuador (6237 m).

successes

(As of May 2020)

  • 2 gold medals at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens
  • 1 gold and 1 silver medal at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing
  • 1 gold medal at the 2012 Paralympics in London
  • 1 gold medal at the Paralympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
  • 16 European championship titles (road and rail)
  • 3 (out of 5 possible) world records on the track
  • 25 world championship titles (road, track, mountain bike)
  • 2 Pan America titles
  • Overall World Cup 2017

Publications

  • With Thilo Komma-Pöllath: On my own: How the greatest crisis of my life made me strong . Edel Verlag. 2016. ISBN 978-3841903419

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Teuber sets a new world hour record for Para-Cycler. In: rad-net.de. November 30, 2018, accessed December 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Michael Teuber starts hourly world record attempt at the World Cup in Berlin. In: trackcycling-berlin.com. May 8, 2005, accessed November 1, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Teuber, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Tegernsee