Roland Königshofer

Roland Königshofer 2010

Roland Königshofer (born October 24, 1962 in Neunkirchen , Lower Austria ) is a former Austrian cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Cycling career

Roland Königshofer, nicknamed "Specht", is one of the most successful cyclists in Austria. His cycling career began in 1976; he won 29 Austrian state titles in various disciplines (in the team pursuit , the two-side driving , the points drive , in Dernyrennen ). From 1987 to 1990 he was the overall winner of the European Cup for the stayers and from 1989 to 1991 UCI world champion in this discipline. After the end of his sports career, he has worked in the adidas advertising department (since 1997) .

Private

Roland Königshofer spent his childhood in St. Pölten . He is divorced; his ex-wife Monika was the national goalkeeper of the Austrian youth handball team in the 1980s. Son Lukas is a goalkeeper in the 3rd division at KFC Uerdingen

Athletic career

• 1978 First victories in national races
• 1979 junior national team. First international successes at Dusika youth tour
• 1983 First attempts as a stayer
• 1985 silver at the standing world championship in Italy (first silver medal by an Austrian at cycling world championships)
• 1986 First major international success on the road: overall winner of the Tour of Greece; Bronze medal at the Standing World Championships in Zurich
• 1987 bronze medal at the home World Cup in Vienna
• 1988 silver medal at the Standing World Cup in Gent
• 1989 world champion at the standing World Cup in Lyon / France (the first world championship title for an Austrian in cycling); Victory in the professional criterion in Graz
• 1990 Second world championship title at the Standing World Championship in Maebashi / Japan
• 1991 Third World Championship title in a row at the Standing World Championship in Stuttgart / Germany
• 1992 Bronze at the Standing World Cup in Valencia / Spain
• 1993 Silver at the Standing World Cup in Hamar / Norway (for the first time with professional participation)
• 1994 silver at the Standing World Cup in Palermo / Italy
• 1995 Bronze at the Standing European Championships in Zurich / Switzerland
• 1996 Bronze at the Standing European Championship in Forst / Germany

Awards

In 1998 he received the Sports Badge of Honor from the City of St. Pölten.

Web links

• Entry on Roland Königshofer in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Roland Königshofer in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Entry for Roland Königshofer in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The igloo, his woodpecker and their fight against the mafia. Der Standard, December 2, 2012, accessed December 15, 2014 . 
2. ^ Otto Vesely: Radsport Archiv 1945 to 2000 . Vienna 2000, p. o. p .
3. ↑ Player profile of Lukas Königshofer on Transfermarkt.de. Transfermarkt.de, accessed on July 27, 2018 (German).