Swen Enderlein

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Swen Enderlein (born July 18, 1978 in Schlema , † September 15, 2004 in Kielce , Poland ) was a German enduro athlete . He was two-time German champion and several times a member of the German national team at the international six-day race .

Career

Swen Enderlein began his first attempts to drive motocross in 1995 on a 125 cc Kawasaki . At the Saxony Championship, he finished 26th. In 1996 he regularly took part in motocross competitions in Saxony and Thuringia on a KTM in the class up to 125 cm³. In 1997 he was also on the road with such a machine in motocross competitions. At the Saxony Championship he reached sixth place.

In 1998 he was also on the road on a 125cc KTM. Despite the fact that he only took part in three out of ten competitions in the Saxon Motocross Championship, he ended up sixth overall. He won two runs and came second in one. In the German Motocross Regional Cup he reached fifth place. He was tenth in the German Motocross Cup. In 1999 he finished second in the German Motocross Regional Cup North-East. In the German Moto Cross Cup he reached 14th place overall. With the team he reached a second place in the Saxon championship. For the first time Swen Enderlein also took part in the German Motocross Championship, which he finished in 31st place.

In 2000, in addition to motocross, he also started enduro sport with a 300 cc two-stroke KTM. While he reached a 21st place in the German Motocross Championship and a sixth place in the Motocross Cup, he was more successful in enduro sports. He was class winner in the class over 175 cm³ at the Saxony Championship and in the German Enduro Cup.

That's why he switched completely to enduro from 2001. In the German Enduro Championship , he was third behind the Finns Jani Laaksonen and Tuuka Saari in the 175 cm³ class and fifth in the Enduro Championship (master of all classes). In the Enduro European Championship he reached eleventh place. In autumn he was a member of the German Junior Trophy team at the International Six-Day Race in Brive la Gaillarde, France .

2002 turned out to be an even more successful year. In the German Enduro Championship he was German champion in the 175 cm³ class. In addition, he was Saxony champion and team champion in the German championship with the ADAC Pfalz team. In the Enduro Championship he finished third behind Anders Eriksson and Andreas Toresson . In the European Championship he reached eighth place and in the Enduro World Championship place 20 in the class up to 250 cm³. Due to failures in the team, it was only enough for an 18th place at the Six Days in the Czech Republic.

The following year he was second in the German championship in the 175 cc class behind Sascha Eckert . In the Enduro Championship he achieved third place behind Eckert and Marcus Kehr . In the European championship he was sixth and in the world championship 21st, he was able to defend his title at the Saxony championship. With the German trophy team, he finished sixth at the International Six-Day Race in Fortaleza (Brazil).

In 2004 he switched to the class up to 500 cc four-stroke and was German champion and fourth in the championship on a KTM. In the world championship he finished 10th. Again he was a member of the trophy team at the International Six Day Race in Kielce (Poland). On the third day of the Six Days driving, he crashed unhappily and died at the scene of the accident.

He lived in the small town of Zwönitz in the Ore Mountains .

Most important successes

German enduro champion
2002, 2004

literature

  • Steffen Ottinger: “Around Zschopau. The story of a motorcycle off-road trip ", Volume 1 . Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg, Marienberg 2004, ISBN 3-931770-49-4 , p. 158 ff .
  • Steffen Ottinger: “Around Zschopau. The story of a motorcycle off-road trip ", Volume 2 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036705-2 , p. 23 ff .
  • Steffen Ottinger: International Six Day Trip 2012. The story since 1913 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 77 ff .

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Enderlein, Swen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German enduro athlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlema
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 2004
Place of death Kielce