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| Born | 14 May 2002 Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Israel Premier Tech Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019–2020 | Junioren Schwalbe Team Sachsen [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021–2023 | Rad-Net Rose Team [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Israel Premier Tech Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Moritz Kretschy (born 24 November 2004) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Israel Premier Tech Academy.
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In 2019, he won the team pursuit at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. In the final, he and his teammates set a new world record. [3] Earlier that season, he won the bronze medal in the same event at the European Junior Championships. The following year, he became European champion in the junior points race. [4]
For his debut in the under-23 category, he joined UCI Continental team Rad-Net Rose Team in 2021. [5] His first result of note was a third place in the Grand Prix Velo Alanya in 2022.
In 2023, he became a double German national under-23 champion in both the road race and the time trial. The same year, he finished eighth in the Tour Alsace, and especially sixth in the under-23 road race at the World Championships. After thse performances, he joined Israel Premier Tech Academy in 2024. Regularly promoted to thir professional team, he notably finished 8th in the 2024 Tour du Rwanda and second in the 2025 Tour de Taiwan. [6] In May 2025, he won two stages of the Alpes Isère Tour.
