Sabine Spitz


Country
Birth date
Age
27/12/1971 - Bad Sackingen (GER) 
40
Height
Weight
Gender
168 cm / 5'6" 
60 kg / 132 lbs 
F
Sport
SPITZ Sabine
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
1Cross-country2008Beijing, CHN
3Cross-country2004Athens, GRE
9Cross-country2000Sydney, NSW, AUS
World Championships
1Cross-country2003Lugano, SUI
2Cross-country2008Commezzadura, ITA
2Cross-country2007Fort William, GBR
3Cross-country2002Kaprun, AUT
3Cross-country2001Vail, CO, USA
4Cross-country2009Canberra, ACT, AUS
8Cross-country2010Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN
17Cross-country2011Champery, SUI
European Championships
3Cross-country2012Moscow, RUS
3Cross-country2009Zoetermeer, NED
4Cross-country2010Haifa, ISR
6Cross-country2011Dohnany, SVK
World Cup
3Cross-country2011Dalby Forest, GBR

Nickname

Bine. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2000)

Hobbies

Reading, listening to music, baking, inline skating. (hotzenwald.de, 15 Jan 2008)

Family

Husband Ralf Schaeuble.

Language(s) spoken

English, German

Club name

Sabine Spitz Haibike ProTeam, Germany

Coach

Frank Brueckner [national] (GER) (suedkurier.de, 16 Apr 2012)

Sporting relatives

She won a silver medal at the 2005 World Cyclo-Cross Championships in Sankt Wendel in Germany. (cyclingnews.com, 31 Jan 2005)

Injuries

During the German Bundesliga final round in Bad Sazdetfurth, she crashed and broke the radius bone in her left arm. (cyclingnews.com, 29 Sep 2011)

She underwent groin surgery in December 2009. (cyclingnews.com, 26 Jan 2010)

She broke her collarbone in February 1997. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2000)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She took up the sport aged 22 in Germany. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2000)

Reason for taking up this sport
The sport is full of action and she likes to ride through the forest and the mountains. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2000)

Ambitions
To compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (sabinespitz.com, 2012)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 1995 World Championships in Kirchzarten Germany, her first world championships. Also competing at the 2000 and the 2008 Olympics. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2000, haibike.de, 2012)

Most influential person in career
Her husband Ralf Schaeuble. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2000)

Superstitions / Rituals
Her duck Quack is her talisman. (hotzenwald.de,15 Jan 2008)

Awards

She was voted Germany's Woman Cyclist of the Year in 2003. (sports.yahoo.com, 2004)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000


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