Robert Förstemann
Robert Förstemann ( born March 5, 1986 in Greiz ) is a German racing cyclist, specializing in short-term disciplines. Its particular strength is the team sprint, he also starts in the disciplines of sprint and 1000 meter time trial.
Cycling career
Robert Förstemann began at the age of 15 years with the power cycling. Even in the youth and junior class get him numerous successes. In its first national championship in 2002, he won the bronze medal in the sprint. In 2004 he became Junior World Champion in the team sprint in Los Angeles.
Since 2005 Förstemann belongs to the German railway team. Since 2006 Förstemann participated in all UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2010, Robert Förstemann world champion in the team sprint.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London Robert Förstemann won together with Maximilian Levy and René Enders the bronze medal in the team sprint. Förstemann was only intended as a substitute for this competition; because of an injury by Stefan Nimke he was temporarily used in the race. In the sprint, he placed seventh.
Records
Robert Förstemann since May 28, 2010 holds the German record for the 200-meter distance ( flying start ). He set the record for the first time on the occasion of the " Grand Prix of Sprinter - Alexander Lesnikov Memorial " on the Olympic track in Moscow Krylatskoje ( 9.893 sec ) and improved it in the same place 29 May 2011 ( 9.814 sec ). On June 24, 2012 Robert Förstemann reached the " U.S. Grand Prix of Sprinting " in Colorado Springs for a time of 9.652 sec When qualifying for the sprint tournament 2.Laufes the "International Savings Banks Sprintercup " on June 23, 2013 in Cottbus presented Robert Förstemann also a brand new flat track world record in time of 9.790 seconds at. That is, never has a man been so fast on an open path in normal height. Robert Förstemann holds several track records. On 9 July 2011, he improved in the German railway championships eg the twelve -year-old track record in the Berlin Velodrome on 10,026 s, the hitherto Jens Fiedler ( 10,069 s ) was held. He is the track record holder continues in Colorado, Valencia, Glasgow, Cottbus, Tula, Oberhausen, Vienna and Apeldoorn.
In December 2013 Förstemann won together with René Enders and Joachim Eilers the team sprint at the second round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup 2013/2014 the team sprint; in qualifying drove the three athletes with 41.871 seconds set a new world record. The trio thus improved the old record of 42.600 seconds, which was run at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the British team.
Clubs and coaches
Förste 's home club is since 2001 the SSV Gera 1990 From 2004 on, he started for the " sprint team Stadtwerke Erfurt " and the " XXL gas - Team", .. 2009-2012 for the team ERDGAS.2012 Since April 2012, he launched exclusively for its. homeland club He was until 2005 a high school student at the elite school of sport Pierre de Coubertin -Gymnasium in Erfurt, since 2009 chief of police at the federal police It belongs to the Federal Police Sports School Kienbaum Förstemann coached since 2006 by Jörg Uwe Krünägel and Emanuel Raasch, .. earlier coaches were Wolf -Dieter Lampke (2001/2002), Andreas Wartenberg (2002 ), Gerald Mortag (2002/ 2003) and Jochen Wilhelm (2003 to 2006).
Honors
2008 Förstemann was awarded the Badge of Honour of Gera in silver; 2009 and 2010 he received the Golden Badge of Honour respectively. On November 7, 2012 he President Joachim Gauck presented the Silver Laurel Leaf, the highest state award for excellence in German sport.
Private
In June 2011, Robert Förstemann married since January 2013 he is the father of a son.
Special attention attract his thighs that have the scope of 73 centimeters. He says that he has a congenital malfunction of the protein myostatin, which inhibits muscle growth.