Steffen Blochwitz

Steffen Blochwitz
	Steffen Blochwitz (2018)
To person
Date of birth	September 8, 1967
nation	German Democratic Republic (until 1990) Germany;
discipline	train
End of career	1999
Most important successes
	Olympic games 1988 - team pursuit UCI track world championships 1989 - team pursuit
	Last updated: December 7, 2018

Steffen Blochwitz at the GDR Railway Championships 1989 in Cottbus

Plaque for Blochwitz on the way to fame in Cottbus

Steffen Blochwitz (born September 8, 1967 in Herzberg ) is a former German cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1985 Steffen Blochwitz became the GDR Junior World Champion in team pursuit together with Thomas Liese , Uwe Preißler and Michael Bock . In 1986 and 1987 he was GDR champion in the team pursuit with the SC Cottbus team , in both years he was also vice world champion with the GDR's four-man track. In 1989 he became world champion with the GDR foursome (Thomas Liese, Carsten Wolf and Guido Fulst ) in Lyon . In 1988 the GDR four-man also won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul .

After a third place in the German championship in the single pursuit in 1991, Steffen Blochwitz turned primarily to road racing. In 1991 he won the Sachsen-Rundfahrt , in 1993 the OZ Wielerweekend and in 1995 the International Thuringia Tour . In 1996 he became German vice-champion in two-man team driving with Lars Teutenberg .

Steffen Blochwitz completed his training as a railcar technician.

In 1999 Blochwitz resigned from active cycling. Since then he has been the manager of the LKT Team Brandenburg , for which u. a. Robert Bartko and Henning Bommel drove.

In 1988 Blochwitz was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver for winning the silver medal in Seoul . He received this medal in 1986.

Junior World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Thomas Liese , Uwe Preissler and Michael Bock )

World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Roland Hennig , Bernd Dittert and Dirk Meier )
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR champions - team pursuit (with Roland Hennig and Dirk Meier )

Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR champions - team pursuit (with Roland Hennig and Dir Meier )

World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Thomas Liese , Carsten Wolf and Guido Fulst )
World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Thomas Liese , Carsten Wolf and Guido Fulst )
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR master - individual pursuit

Saxony tour
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR champions - team time trial (with Dirk Meier , Thomas Will and Achmed Wolke )

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Steffen Blochwitz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

↑ In 1986 the GDR team was initially declared the winner, but after a protest by the Czech team, due to the decision of the jury, it was placed in second place with 3: 2 votes with a 2/1000 second gap.
^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 36/1988 . Berlin 1988, p. 2 .
↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4
↑ Neues Deutschland, October 15, 1986, p. 7