Miriam Welte
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| Born | 9 December 1986 Kaiserslautern, West Germany |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
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| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
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Miriam Welte (born 9 December 1986) is a German track cyclist.
Career
At the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne, Welte and Kristina Vogel won the gold medal in the team sprint. They set a world record in qualifying which they broke again in the final.[1]
On 22 June 2012, she set a new world record of 10.643 seconds in the individual sprint event.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she and Vogel won the team sprint gold medal.[3]
Welte was trained by her step-father, Frank Ziegler. In 2002, she finished second in the German National Junior 500 m time trial. From 2006 to 2008, she won the senior version of the event.
Major Results
- 2008
- UEC European U23 Track Championships
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd 500m Time Trial
- 2014
- 1st Keirin, Oberhausen
- Dudenhofen
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint, Cottbuser Nächte (with Kristina Vogel)
- Sprintermeeting
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- UEC European Track Championships
- 2nd Team Sprint (with Kristina Vogel)
- 3rd 500m Time Trial
- 3rd Sprint, Track-Cycling Challenge Grenchen
- 2015
- 2nd Team Sprint, UEC European Track Championships (with Kristina Vogel)
- Internationale Radsport Meeting
- 2nd 500m Time Trial
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2nd Keirin, Cottbuser Nächte
- 3rd Team Sprint, GP von Deutschland im Sprint (with Kristina Vogel)
- 2016
- GP von Deutschland im Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint (with Kristina Vogel)
- 3rd Sprint
- 2nd Sprint, Track-Cycling Challenge Grenchen
- Cottbuser SprintCup
- 2nd 500m Time Trial
- 3rd Sprint
- 3rd Team Sprint, UCI World Track Championships
- 2017
- UEC European Track Championships
- 1st 500m Time Trial
- 2nd Team Sprint (with Kristina Vogel)
- GP von Deutschland im Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint (with Pauline Grabosch)
- 2nd Keirin
- Siberne Eule von Ludwigshafen
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- TROFEU CIUTAT DE BARCELONA-Memorial Miquel Poblet
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- Track Cycling Challenge
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- UCI World Track Championships
- 2nd 500m Time Trial
- 3rd Team Sprint (with Kristina Vogel)
- 2nd Sprint, Dudenhofen
References
- ^ Aubrey, Jane (4 April 2012). "Germany set new world record twice en-route to rainbow jersey". Cycling News.
- ^ Women's Sprint : Records Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine. London 2012 official website.
- ^ "Germany Cycling at the 2012 London Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Miriam Welte at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Miriam Welte at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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