Sabine Spitz

Sabine Spitz

Personal information
Born	(1971-12-27) 27 December 1971 (age 52) Herrischried, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Mountain bike racing
Role	Rider
Rider type	Cross-country
Medal record Women's cycling Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 2 5 2 European Championships 0 0 0 European Games 0 0 0 Total 3 6 2 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Cross-country 2012 London Cross-country 2004 Athens Cross-country World Championships 2003 Lugano Cross-country 2009 Graz Marathon 2005 Sankt Wendel Cyclo-cross 2007 Fort William Cross-country 2008 Val di Sole Cross-country 2007 Verviers Marathon 2008 Niederdorf Marathon 2001 Vail Cross-country 2002 Kaprun Cross-country

Sabine Spitz (born 27 December 1971) is a German cross country cyclist. She won bronze in Women's cross-country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, silver in the event in the 2012 Summer Olympics and gold in the event in the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1] Furthermore, she became World Champion in 2003. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished in 19th place.^[2]

In March 2017, Spitz raced her second eight-day Absa Cape Epic stage race in South Africa. She and South African partner Robyn de Groot were the pre-race favourites for the Women's Category but Spitz had a problematic ride: she crashed badly on two stages and these setbacks ultimately cost them any chance of victory. They eventually finished the 651 km route in third place. In 2016, she and Ukrainian Yana Belomoina had finished second in the race, which takes place in the Western Cape each year.

References

External links

• Official website
• Sabine Spitz at Olympedia
• Sabine Spitz at Olympics.com