Thomas Frischknecht

Thomas Frischknecht ( born February 17, 1970 in Vienna) is a retired Swiss cyclist, who was active primarily in the sport of mountain biking. He ran his sport professionally since 1990 and is considered one of the most successful mountain bikers of all time.

Career

Thomas Frischknecht began his career in cross-country cycling. In this discipline, he was junior in 1988, 1991 and 1997 Elite Amateur World Championship runner. He also won twice the bronze medal at the World Championships (1990, 1992) and won a World Cup race for themselves.

His biggest success was winning the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the discipline of Cross Country (XC). Frischknecht 1996 Mountain Bike World Champion as well as in the years 1990, 1991, 1992 and 2001 Vice World Champion. 2002 and 2004 he won the bronze medal in the MTB XC Worlds. He won 17 World Cup races and was the World Cup three times to decide for himself ( 1992, 1993, 1995). His last major success he enjoyed in 2005 when he won the gold medal in the mountain bike marathon world championships.

On September 14, 2008 Thomas Frischknecht ended his career at the age of 38 years with the World Cup Final in Schladming. Overall, he won 18 World Cup races, a brand that previously could only Julien Absalon on offer

Today ( 2013) is Frischknecht together with Andi Seeli Team Manager of the Scott -Swiss Power mountain bike team.

Achievements

Olympic Games:

  • Atlanta 1996: silver in cross-country.
  • Sydney 2000: 6th place in the cross-country.
  • Athens 2004: 7th place in the cross-country.

UCI Mountain Bike and Trial World Championships:

  • Durango 1990: Silver in Cross Country
  • Ciocco 1991: Silver in Cross Country
  • Bromont 1992: Silver in Cross Country
  • Cairns 1996: Gold in Cross Country
  • Vail / Beaver Creek 2001: Silver in Cross Country
  • Kaprun / Zell am See 2002: Bronze in Cross Country
  • Les Gets 2004: Bronze in Cross Country

UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships:

  • Lugano 2003: Gold Medal
  • Lillehammer 2005: Gold Medal

World Cup

  • Mountain Bike World Cup winner: 1992, 1993, 1995
  • 18 World Cup victories (17 Cross Country, Cyclocross 1 )

European Championships:

  • Monastery 1993: Gold

Swiss Championships:

Cycle sport UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Ned Overend John Tomac Bart Brentjens Christophe Dupouey Michael Rasmussen Miguel Martinez (cyclist) Filip Meirhaeghe Christoph Sauser Nino Schurter Periklis Ilias Albert Blattmann Paul Egli Karl Litschi Kurt Ott Albert Zweifel Pascal Richard Beat Breu Christian Heule Florian Vogel Integrated Authority File
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