Personal information | |
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Full name | Leif Lampater |
Born | Waiblingen, West Germany | 22 December 1982
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline |
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Role | Rider |
Rider type | Endurance (track) |
Amateur teams | |
2004 | RSG Heilbronn |
2005 | RSV Werner Otto Berlin |
2006–2008 | TSV Schmiden |
2008 | activity-racing-team |
2009–2015 | RSV Irschenberg |
2011–2013 | Rudy Project Racing Team |
2014–2015 | Maloja Pushbikers |
Professional team | |
2016–2018 | Rad-Net Rose Team |
Leif Lampater (born 22 December 1982 in Waiblingen) is a German former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1]
He mainly focused on track cycling and excelled in the madison, individual pursuit, team pursuit and six-day racing. In his career, Lampater won three national titles in the team pursuit and the madison. he has won Track cycling World Cups in team pursuit twice and twice in madison. On top of that he won a total of eleven six-day cycling events.
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