Sports Day: Death of Michael Hübner shocks German cycling

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Death of Michael Hübner shocks German cycling

November 12, 2024, 5:16 p.m

The former track cycling world champion Michael Hübner is dead. The 65-year-old sdied today in the hospital in his hometown of Chemnitzsaid the Association of German Cyclists (BDR), citing Hübner’s close environment. “This shocks us all.”. You’re speechless. You don’t even know what to say. He is a sprint legend. “He, Lutz Heßlich and Jens Fiedler were the ones who made sprinting big in Germany,” said Olympic champion Kristina Vogel to “Bild”.

Although Hübner was denied participation in the Olympics in his career, the sprinter counted in the 1990s one of the most successful train drivers in the world. After the fall of communism, the Saxons celebrated three world titles in keirin (1990 to 1992), two in a sprint (1990 and 1992) and one in a team sprint (1995). He also won a world championship title as an amateur sprinter (1986). Last year he won World Championship silver and the German championship title in the team sprint alongside his friend Jens Fiedler.

Huebner Ended his career in 1997. Until 2022, the people from Chemnitz acted as sporting director of the track cycling team Theed Projekt Cycling (formerly Team Natural Gas), which included greats such as Kristina Vogel, Maximilian Levy, Lea Sophie Friedrich and his son Sascha Hübner. Hübner leaves behind two sons.