Miriam Welte
Personal information | |
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Born |
Kaiserslautern, West Germany | 9 December 1986
Team information | |
Discipline | Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Medal record
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Miriam Welte (born 9 December 1986) is a German track cyclist.
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]
Sports Career
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.
References
- ↑ Aubrey, Jane (4 April 2012). "Germany set new world record twice en-route to rainbow jersey". Cycling News.
- ↑ Women's Sprint : Records. London 2012 official website.
- ↑ "Germany Cycling at the 2012 London Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
External links
- Official website
- Miriam Welte profile at Cycling Archives
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