Sabine Spitz

Sabine Spitz

File:Sabine Spitz La Bresse 2012.jpg
Personal information
Born	(1971-12-27) 27 December 1971 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 Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2012 London Cross-country Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Cross-country World Championships Gold medal – first place 2003 Lugano Cross-country Gold medal – first place 2009 Graz Marathon Silver medal – second place 2005 Sankt Wendel Cyclo-cross Silver medal – second place 2007 Fort William Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2008 Val di Sole Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2007 Verviers Marathon Silver medal – second place 2008 Niederdorf Marathon Bronze medal – third place 2001 Vail Cross-country Bronze medal – third place 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. Furthermore, she became World Champion in 2003. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished in 19th place.

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.

External links

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