Date of birth: 19/07/1991
Place of birth: Bressanone/Brixen
Height x weight: 1,86 x 70
First Club: Amateursportverein St. Lorenzen Rad
Club: Specialized Factory Racing
First Coach: Rudel Dantone
Coach: Florian Vogel
Other sports: Alpine Skiing, trekking
Hobby: Enduro, hunting
Relationship Status: Married
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Games Participation:
1 (Londra 2012)
Biography
Gerhard discovered his talent by cycling the trails in the valley near his family home. Fun was combined with duty; he helped his grandfather with the alpine pasture, an activity that allowed him to finance the purchase of a brand new mountain bike and to start on a path that would soon become his life. Naturally-talented and an absolute star as a junior, he won the Under 23 world champion title in 2013. He went on to win second place in the 2018 World Championships for Italy’s first ever silver medal in mountain biking. He has a very close-knit family and is rather down-to-earth: serious, scrupulous and professional, he works with the Specialized Factory Racing team to pursue perfection and reach the highest peak among the discipline’s elite.
Palmares
PrintOlympic Games
13° Londra (GBR) 2012
World Championships
3° Val di Sole (ITA) 2008 – Team Relay Misto
1° Canberra (AUS) 2009 – Team Relay Misto
5° Mont-Sainte-Anne (CAN) 2010 – Team Relay Misto
3° Champéry (SUI) 2011 – Team Relay Misto
1° Pietermaritzburg (RSA) 2013 – Team Relay Misto
20° Lillehammer (NOR) 2014 – XC Elite
41ª Vallnord (AND) 2015 – XC Elite
31ª Nové Město (CZE) 2016 – XC Elite
13° Cairns (AUS) 2017 – XC Elite
2° Lenzerheide (SUI) 2018 – XC Elite
4° Lenzerheide (SUI) 2018 – Team Relay Misto
5° Mont-Sainte-Anne (CAN) 2019 – XC Elite
17° Leogang (AUT) 2020 – XC Elite
European Championships
2° Sankt Wendel (GER) 2008 – Team Relay Misto
32° Sankt Wendel (GER) 2014 – XC Elite
10° Huskvarna (SWE) 2016 – XC Elite
3° Darfo Boario Terme (ITA) 2017 – Team Relay Misto
25° Darfo Boario Terme (ITA) 2017 – XC Elite
16° Brno (CZE) 2019 – XC Elite
6° Monte Tamaro (SUI) 2020 – XC Elite
World Cup
62° 2010
16° 2013
15° 2014
27° 2015
49° 2016
11° 2017
5° 2018
6° 2019
Other Games
Giochi Europei - European Games
4° Baku (AZE) 2015 – XC Elite