Luca Spiegel
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| Born | 23 April 2004 Mannheim, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Luca Spiegel (born 23 April 2004) is a German track cyclist.
Early life
[edit]He is from Kaiserslautern. He attended Kaiserslautern Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium (HHG).[2]
Career
[edit]He won silver in the team sprint at the 2021 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cairo. He won bronze in the sprint and silver in the team sprint at the 2022 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Tel Aviv.[3]
He was called-up to the German side for the men's team sprint at the 2023 UEC European Track Championships in Switzerland as a replacement for Stefan Bötticher.[4] He won the bronze medal at the 2023 UEC European Track Championships in Anadia, Portugal with the German sprint team in July 2023.[5]
In August 2023, he competed for senior Germany team at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow in the men's team sprint.[6] He also took part in the team sprint 2024 UEC European Track Championships, where they placed fifth in both.[7] In the men's sprint at the European Championships in Appeldoorn, where he reached the last 16, losing to Jeffrey Hoogland.[8]
He was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Luca Spiegel". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Elite student Luca Spiegel honored". zparkasse.kl. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ Rothvs, Andreas (2 April 2022). ""Don't turn around, don't show weakness" – Rheinpfalz from April 2, 2022". united-runners. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Bötticher out of Track European Championships". rad-net.de. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Pain off, fun on: medal hunt in Portugal". 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Landauer Luca Spiegel wins Olympic ticket at Track World Championships in Glasgow". rheinpfalz.de. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Luca Spiegel and his love for the railway". rheinpfalz.de. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Friedrich and Hinze in second and third place in the European Championship sprint". radsport-news.com. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "OLYMPIC STARTER LUCA SPIEGEL ALSO COMPETES IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN COTTBUS". bahnrad-em.cottbus.de. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.