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| Born | 21 August 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Canyon Northwave MTB Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andreas Seewald (born 21 August 1991) is a German cross-country mountain biker. He won the 2021 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships. [1] [2]
Marathon, UCI World Championships 
Marathon, UEC European Championships 
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