Robert Lechner (cyclist)
Robert Lechner (born January 22, 1967 in Bruckmühl ) is a former German racing cyclist and today's trainer.
Cycling career
In 1985 Robert Lechner became vice world champion of the juniors in Stuttgart in the 1000 meter time trial . In 1986 and 1988 he was German champion in this discipline.
At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, Robert Lechner won the bronze medal in the time trial on the track. In 1991 he won a stage of the Bayern Tour . He took part in world championships four times. During his entire career he achieved 187 victories on track and road. He also placed in mountain bike races.
In 1992 Lechner, who rode for the Olympia Dortmund team in his last two cycling years, retired from active cycling.
doping
In an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine in February 2008, Robert Lechner reported on his doping experiences as an active athlete and on the danger of slipping into a doping system as a young athlete almost unnoticed. He continued his statements at an A-Trainer advanced training course of the Federation of German Cyclists (BDR) in November 2008 in Leipzig . Before his success at the Olympics, he took anabolic steroids , testosterone and cortisone . The drugs were recommended, prescribed and administered by the then BDR association doctor. “Doping substances remain doping substances. But I am convinced that they have more likely harmed my performance potential and my health. ” He also attributed an illness of Pfeiffer's glandular fever in 1990 to an immune system that was weakened by doping.
Professional
Today Robert Lechner works at an institute for comprehensive training and competition support.
Individual evidence
- ↑ faz.net: "I felt like a chosen one", accessed on June 28, 2010.
- ↑ europeansports.at ( memento from June 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on June 29, 2010.
Web links
- Robert Lechner in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Robert Lechner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Homepage of Robert Lechner
- sport.t-online.de: “Lechner 'certainly not an isolated case'” accessed on June 29, 2010
- Robert Lechner on cycling4fans.de
1960 Dieter Gieseler | 1961 Willi Fuggerer | 1962 Ehrenfried Rudolph | 1963, 1964 Lothar Claesges | 1965–1968 Herbert Honz | 1969 Karl Link | 1970 Gerhard Schöfer | 1971 Karl Köther | 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978 Hans Michalsky | 1974, 1977 Günther Schumacher | 1979 Gerhard Scheller | 1980–1984 Fredy Schmidtke | 1985 Sascha Wallscheid | 1986, 1988 Robert Lechner | 1987 Michael Kötter | 1989, 1990 Markus Nagel | 1991, 1992 Jens Glücklich
The following results among German time trial champions (elite) .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lechner, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German track cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruckmühl |