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Andreas Strobel is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

ski mountaineer and marathon

Marathon mountain bike races

Marathon mountain bike races, often referred to as cross country marathon , are a very demanding form of mountain bike races covering at least 40 kilometers usually in mountainous terrain. Events held in Europe are typically just a little longer than the average cross country mountain bike race...

mountain biker.

Strobel was born in Selb

Selb

Selb is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, on the border with the Czech Republic, 20 km northwest of Cheb and 23 km southeast of Hof.-Notable people:...

, and started bike sports as condition training in 1991. After bad results at the "Ronda Extrema" race in Riva del Garda

Riva del Garda

Riva del Garda is a town and comune in the northern Italian province of Trentino. It is also known simply as Riva. The estimated population is 15,151.- History :...

in 1997, he intensified the training. He is also member of the national ski mounaineering team.

Ski mountaineering

2006:
- 4th, German Championship single
2005:
- 2nd, German Championship vertical race
  Vertical race
  A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks...
2007:
- 2nd, Dammkarwurm
  Dammkarwurm
  Dammkarwurm is the name of an annually discharged German ski mountaineering competition, carried out by the German Alpine Club or DAV, for the first time in the end of the 1990s. The ranking of the Dammkarwurm is part of the German Skimountaineering Cup.The Dammkar by itself is a cirque in the...
  
  race
2008:
- 1st, German Championship vertical race
- 3rd, German Championship single
- 3rd, German Championship team
- 6th, World Championship
  2008 World Championship of Skimountaineering
  The 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.About 450 athletes of 29 nations...
  
  relay race (together with Toni Steurer
  Toni Steurer
  Anton "Toni" Steurer is a German extreme sports athlete.Steurer was born in Oberstdorf. He climbed the Eiger Nordwand in the age of seventeen and belongs to the youngest Nordwand climbers. He is deployed as a medical service soldier and army mountain guide in Kempten. He is member of the DAV...
  
  , Stefan Klinger
  Stefan Klinger
  Stefan Klinger is a German ski mountaineer.Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team.- Selected results :* 2003:** 1st, Predigtstuhl race* 2004:...
  
  and Konrad Lex
  Konrad Lex
  Konrad Lex is a German ski mountaineer. He is a member of the DAV section Gangkofen and of the national team.- Selected results :* 2005:** 9th, Dammkarwurm* 2006:** 7th, German Championship single...
  
  )
2009:
- 2nd, German Championship vertical race
- 9th, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Konrad Lex and Alexander Schuster
  Alexander Schuster
  Alexander Schuster is a German ski mountaineer. He lives in Truchtlaching.Schuster studied production engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim...
  
  )
2010:
- 9th, World Championship
  2010 World Championship of Skimountaineering
  The 2010 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the first World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation , successor organization of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions . The competition was held in the skiing...
  
  relay race (together with Martin Echtler
  Martin Echtler
  Martin Echtler is a German ski mountaineer. He also competes in mountain running.Echtler was born in Peiting. His sister Christine is also member of the German skimountaineering team.- Ski mountaineering :* 2003:...
  
  , Konrad Lex and Alexander Schuster)

Mountain biking

2003:
- 1st, Transrockies
  Transrockies
  The TransRockies is an annual 7-day, 600 km mountain bicycle race from Fernie, British Columbia to Canmore, Alberta. Described as the "toughest mountain bike race on earth", the TransRockies has a reputation for tough climbs, long days, relentless mud and highly changeable weather.Attracting...
  
  race
- 3rd, Transalpchallenge
2004:
- 1st, Bavaria
  Bavaria
  Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
  
  n Championship
- 1st, MV-Marathon serie
- 2nd, Cape Epic
  Cape Epic
  The Cape Epic, under current sponsorship as the "Absa Cape Epic", is an annual mountain bike team race held in the Western Cape, South Africa. First staged in 2004, the race covers more than , and typically lasts eight days. As the best known and most prestigious mountain bike stage race, the Absa...
  
  race
- 3rd, German Championship of bike marathon
2005:
- 1st, Transcreta race
2006:
- 1st, Bavaria
  Bavaria
  Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
  
  n Championship
- 1st, Ritchey MTB Challenge

External links

Andreas Strobel at skimountaineering.com
Videointerview (German), Dammkarwurm 2007

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