Steffi Marth

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Steffi Marth with her bronze medal from the UCI Mountain Bike and Trial World Championships 2014
Steffi Marth with her bronze medal from the
UCI Mountain Bike and Trial World Championships 2014
To person
Date of birth 19th August 1985 (age 35)
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Mountain bike (BMX, fourcross (4X), downhill)
Most important successes
UCI Mountain Bike and Trial World Championships
2015 bronze - Fourcross
2014 bronze - Fourcross
Last updated: August 29, 2016

Steffi Marth (* 19th August 1985 in Elsterwerda ) is a German BMX - and mountain bike - cyclist and multiple German champion.

Life

Steffi Marth grew up in the southern Brandenburg municipality of Plessa in the Elbe-Elster district . After primary school, she attended the Elsterschloss-Gymnasium in neighboring Elsterwerda . At the age of 12 she started riding BMX and at the age of 17 she switched to the Lausitzer Sportschule in Cottbus , which, in cooperation with the Brandenburg Olympic base, also offers sports training in the BMX division. Marth finally began to study architecture at the BTU Cottbus , which she finished in 2013 with a master’s degree and a master’s thesis A cable car for La Palma . In addition to her professional career in cycling, she has also been a columnist for the Lausitzer Rundschau for some time .

Athletic career

Steffi Marth began her sporting career at the age of twelve on the then newly opened BMX track in her home town of Plessa, where there is a decades-long cycling tradition. She soon belonged to the German elite in BMX sport and took part in German championships several times, where she was first runner-up in 2001. She was eventually appointed to the German national team and was there for some time the only East German in the national team. Marth was successful in BMX in the Bundesliga. She competed in numerous national races and since 2002 also international races. She also took part in several Euro and World Championships. Due to her sporting success, she was elected Sportswoman of the Year in the Elbe-Elster district in 2003 . Two years later, she took second place in the 2005 election.

Finally, Steffi Marth specialized in mountain biking in the fourcross (4X) discipline . Here she was able to become German champion several times. After many years of sporting success in this discipline, she currently also competes in downhill and enduro races.

After Steffi Marth drove for RSC Cottbus for a few years , she started again in 2010 for her old hometown club RSV Plessa 95 . In the same year she was again elected Sportswoman of the Year in the Elbe-Elster district. After successfully completing her degree in architecture, she began a professional career in 2013.

Successes (selection)

Marth at the German Downhill Championships 2015

BMX

  • German runner-up in 2001
  • Bundesliga runner-up in 2004
  • German junior champion 2004
  • German runner-up in 2005
  • Bundesliga runner-up in 2005
  • German runner-up in 2006
  • Bundesliga runner-up in 2006
  • German runner-up in 2007

Fourcross (4X)

Downhill

Honors

  • "Sportswoman of the year 2003", Elbe-Elster district
  • "Vice Sportswoman of the Year 2005", Elbe-Elster district
  • "Sportswoman of the year 2010", Elbe-Elster district

Web links

Commons : Steffi Marth  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ www.rad-net , accessed on July 13, 2015
  2. ^ Website of Steffi Marth ( Memento from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b c d e sporting successes on the website of Steffi Marth ( Memento from July 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b c d Annette Siemer: “Courageous, powerful and fast” in Lausitzer Rundschau, July 5, 2013
  5. ↑ The BMX section on the Cottbusser Sportschule homepage , accessed on February 3, 2016
  6. ↑ a b " Steffi Marth - On the bike through the world" ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the Lausitzer Rundschau, accessed on January 31, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lr-online.de
  7. ↑ Anna Müller-Heidelberg: "Mountain bike star Steffi Marth:" Jump or die! "" On Spiegel Online , November 23, 2011
  8. ^ "A cable car for La Palma" in Lausitzer Rundschau, April 13, 2013
  9. ↑ Internet presence of the Lausitzer Rundschau ( memento of the original from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 3, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lr-online.de
  10. ↑ a b c "German champion Steffi Marth drives away competitors" , Lausitzer Rundschau, March 25, 2011
  11. ↑ Internet presence of RSV Plessa 95 , accessed on February 1, 2016
  12. ↑ a b Manuel Holscher: “Ceremonial honor of the best athletes in Finsterwalde” in Lausitzer Rundschau, March 25, 2011
  13. ↑ a b Thomas Juschus: "Marth and Ludewig with big ambitions" in Lausitzer Rundschau, April 13, 2005
  14. ↑ Th. Juschus: "Marth and Ludewig before the start of the Bundesliga" in Lausitzer Rundschau, April 8, 2006
  15. ^ "Four-Cross World Championship: Bronze for Steffi Marth - Göhler just missed the medal" on www.rad-net.de, June 14, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Marth, Steffi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German BMX and mountain bike cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Elsterwerda