Miriam Welte

Miriam Welte
Personal information
Born (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986
Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter

Miriam Welte (born 9 December 1986) is a German track cyclist.

At the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne, Welte and Kristina Vogel won the gold medal in the team sprint. They set a world record in qualifying which they broke again in the final.[1]

On 22 June 2012, she set a new world record of 10.643 seconds in the individual sprint event[2]

Welte and Vogel on the podium at the 2012 Track World Championships

References

  1. Aubrey, Jane (4 April 2012). "Germany set new world record twice en-route to rainbow jersey". Cycling News.
  2. Women's Sprint : Records. London 2012 official website.

External links

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