Moritz Milatz

Moritz Milatz (born 24 June 1982 Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German professional cyclist with a focus on the Olympic discipline mountain bike cross-country.

Career

Moritz Milatz began his sporting career as a track and field athlete and by its present manager & PR man Michael Veit was discovered at an amateur race in 2002. After a first year as an amateur in the Freiburg ON TOUR pro team, Moritz Milatz could start as a guest driver in the Multivan Merida team through the contacts of his mentor Michael Veit from 2004. Switch back to athletics came from that date for the now 30 -year-old Freiburg no longer in question.

As of 2005, Moritz Milatz a solid driver of the internationally oriented Multivan Merida Biking Team was then. One of his highlight was winning the German Cup in 2006 in cross-country in Albstadt where he could overthrow the six-time winner duration Lado Fumic by Master throne. Other sporting highlights were Milatz ' victory in the marathon World Cup in Bad Goisern in 2005 and his first top ten placement with Rank 6 in the Cross - Country World Cup in Fort William ( SCO) in 2006. According to a ninth place finish at the 2008 World Championship in Italian Val di Sole, the newcomers Moritz Milatz was re-nominated for the Olympic Games in Beijing and took that ranking 16th in 2009, he reached his first World Cup podium with 3rd place in Madrid (ESP). 2010 won Milatz the international MTB Bundesliga series for the third time in a row and was in 2011 after 2006, 2010, the third time German champion. On June 10, 2012, the Freiburg landed in Moscow, winning the European Champion title, his biggest coup. Moritz Milatz is the first German mountain biker, who won an international title.

At season's end in 2010 ended the 29 -year-old Freiburg after seven years of working with the Multivan Merida Biking Team and will now start since the 2011 season for the Swiss BMC Mountainbike Racing Team.

For the Olympic Games of 2012, the Freiburg qualified at an early stage and was (DOSB ) officially nominated 25 June 2012 by the German Olympic Sports Federation for the London Games.

Achievements

  • 2013: German Masters Cross Country
  • 2012 2nd place World Championship - Marathon
  • 2012 1st place European Championships - Cross Country
  • 2011: German Champion Marathon
  • 2011: German Masters Cross Country
  • 2011: 6th at the World Cup in Dalby (GBR )
  • 2010: total victory MTB Bundesliga 2010
  • 2010: German Masters Cross Country
  • 2009: total victory MTB Bundesliga 2009
  • 2009: German Vice Champion Cross Country
  • 2009: 3rd at the World Cup in Madrid ( ESP)
  • 2009: 9th at the World Cup in Houffalize ( BEL)
  • 2008: total victory MTB Bundesliga 2008
  • 2008: 6th at the World Cup finals in Schladming ( AUT)
  • 2008: 16th at the Olympic Games in Beijing
  • 2008: German Vice Champion Cross Country
  • 2008: 9th at the World Championships in Val di Sole ( ITA)
  • 2007: Bronze Medal MTB Marathon Championships in St. Wendel
  • 2006: German Masters Cross Country
  • 2006: Winner of the Black Forest Ultra Bike Marathon in Kirchzarten
  • 2006: Winner of the Albstadt Marathon
  • 2004: winner of the Tour de Taiwan
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