Roger Rinderknecht (born 4 May 1981 in Winterthur) is a Swiss racing cyclist who represents Switzerland in BMX and mountain bike racing. He was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event where he reached the semi-finals.[1][2] He had previously reached the semi-finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]

Roger Rinderknecht
Rinderknecht at the Fort William round of the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Personal information
Born (1981-05-04) 4 May 1981 (age 42)
Winterthur, Switzerland
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike racing and BMX
RoleRider
Rider typeMTB: Four-cross
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Leogang-Saalfelden Four-cross
Silver medal – second place 2006 Rotorua Four-cross
Silver medal – second place 2008 Val Di Sole Four-cross
Silver medal – second place 2011 Champéry Four-cross

Rinderknecht was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's BMX Racing". 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ^ "London 2012 Individual men Results - Olympic cycling-bmx". Olympics.com.
  3. ^ "Beijing 2008 - Men's BMX Cycling". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ^ Ryan, Barry (5 March 2015). "UCI Athletes' Commission holds first meeting in Aigle". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

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