Miriam Welte

Miriam Welte
Personal information
Born (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986
Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Team sprint
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sprint
World Championship
2012 Melbourne Team sprint
2013 Minsk Team sprint
2014 Cali Team sprint
2014 Cali 500 m time trial
2012 Melbourne 500 m time trial
2013 Minsk 500 m time trial
2011 Apeldoorn 500 m time trial
2015 Yvelines 500 m time trial
2016 London Team sprint
European Championships
2013 Apeldoorn Team sprint

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.

Welte and Vogel on the podium at the 2012 Track World Championships

References

  1. ↑ Aubrey, Jane (4 April 2012). "Germany set new world record twice en-route to rainbow jersey". Cycling News.
  2. ↑ Women's Sprint : Records. London 2012 official website.
  3. ↑ "Germany Cycling at the 2012 London Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
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