Christoph Soukup Explained

Christoph Soukup
Fullname:Christoph Reinhold Soukup
Birth Date:11 October 1980
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Height:1.84 m
Weight:71 kg
Currentteam:Hitec Team
Discipline:Mountain biking
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Cross-country
Proyears1:2006-2008
Proteam1:Fuji Bikes
Proyears2:2009–2010
Proteam2:Merida Biking Team
Proyears3:2011–
Proteam3:Hitec Team
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Christoph Reinhold Soukup (born October 11, 1980 in Vienna) is an Austrian professional mountain biker.[1] Riding the sport for more than 15 years, Soukup has won fourteen Austrian national championship titles in men's mountain biking (both cross-country and marathon races), and later represented his nation Austria in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), where he installed top-fifteen finishes in the same tournament.[2] [3] Throughout his sporting career, Soukup has been training and racing professionally for more than a decade on the Hitec Sports Team, although he had appeared short stints under a sponsorship contract with the Team FujiBikes and Mérida Biking Team.[4] [5]

Soukup first competed for Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished fifteenth in the men's cross-country race with a time of 2:22:50, trailing behind Polish rider and four-time Olympian Marek Galiński on a tight sprint duel by 36 seconds.[6] [7]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Soukup qualified for his second Austrian squad in the men's cross-country race by receiving an automatic berth from the Austrian Cycling Federation (German: Österreichischer Radsport-Verband, ORV) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), based on his top-five performance at the World Cup series, World and European Championships, and Mountain Biking World Series.[8] Despite having suffered a sore throat and slight fever shortly before the race, Soukup recorded his highest career position on a 4.8-km sturdy, treacherous cross-country course with a much stronger, sixth-place time in 2:00:11, but narrowly missed the Olympic podium by two minutes.[9] [10] [11]

Soukup also sought a bid for his third Austrian squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but decided to pull himself off shortly from the final stage of the UCI World Cup in La Bresse, France due to a sustained scaphoid injury.[12]

Career achievements

2004
  • 1st Kos Cup (Cross-country), Greece
  • 1st XC Samobor (Cross-country, Elite/U23), Samobor (CRO)
  • 15th Olympic Games (Cross-country), Athens (GRE)
    2005
  • 1st Austrian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Austria
    2006
  • 7th Stage 6, UCI World Cup, Schladming (AUT)
    2007
  • 1st Austrian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Austria
  • 11th UCI World Championships (Cross-country), Fort William (GBR)
    2008
  • 1st Austrian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Austria
  • 1st Heubach MTB Classic, Heubach (GER)
  • 5th European Championships (Cross-country), Sankt Wendel (GER)
  • 6th Olympic Games (Cross-country), Beijing (CHN)
  • 6th UCI World Championships (Cross-country), Val di Sole (ITA)
  • 7th Stage 3, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Madrid, Parque Casa de Campo (ES)
  • 7th Stage 4, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Fort William (GBR)
    2009
  • 1st Kamptal Klassik, Austria
  • 3rd Overall, Afxentia Stage Race, Cyprus
  • 3rd Stage 1 & 3
  • 4th UCI World Championships (Marathon), Graz (AUT)
    2010
  • 1st Austrian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Haiming (AUT)
  • 6th European Championships (Cross-country), Haifa (ISR)
    2012
  • 1st Austrian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Stattegg (AUT)
    2013
  • 1st Austrian MTB Championships (Marathon), Graz (AUT)
  • 3rd Austrian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Austria

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Christoph Soukup. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192743/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/christoph-soukup-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 30 October 2013.
    2. News: Christoph Soukup siegt mit Streckenrekord bei UCI World Series in Graz/Stattegg. Christoph Soukup wins with a course record at UCI World Series in Graz and Stattegg. German. Radstars.at. 19 August 2013. 27 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104113000/http://radstars.at/27574/christoph-soukup-siegt-bei-uci-world-series-in-grazstattegg/. 4 November 2013. dead.
    3. News: Soukup triumphiert in Maria Lankowitz. Soukup triumphs in Maria Lankowitz. German. Radsport Szene. 24 June 2012. 30 October 2013.
    4. News: Christoph Soukup fährt für das Merida Biking Team CZ. Christoph Soukup riding for the Merida Biking Team CZ. German. Bike Sport News. 2008. 30 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101003427/http://www.bikesportnews.de/inhalt/christoph-soukup-faehrt-fuer-das-merida-biking-team-cz. 1 November 2013. dead.
    5. News: Seamus McGrath Signs with Fuji. Velo News. 11 March 2008. 27 October 2013.
    6. Web site: Cycling: Men's Cross-Country Race. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
    7. News: Jones. Rob. Absalon perfect as France defends gold. Cyclingnews.com. 26 August 2004. 27 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101030642/http://ftp.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=results%2Fmtb_men. 1 November 2013. dead.
    8. News: 70 Athleten für Olympia 2008 nominiert. 70 athletes are nominated for the 2008 Olympics. German. Kronen Zeitung. 5 August 2008. 30 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041545/http://www.krone.at/Nachrichten/70_Athleten_fuer_Olympia_2008_nominiert-OeOC-Olympioniken-Story-108195. 4 March 2016. dead.
    9. Web site: Men's Cross-Country Race. Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. 21 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819172012/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCMM021100/standings.html. 19 August 2012.
    10. News: "Unbeatable" Absalon wins his second gold. Agence France-Presse. Velo News. 22 August 2008. 24 October 2013. 29 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201916/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/olympics/unbeatable-absalon-wins-his-second-gold_82270. dead.
    11. News: Christoph Soukup trotz Krankheit nur zwei Minuten hinter Bronze. Despite illness, Christoph Soukup finished just two minutes behind bronze. German. Der Standard. 23 August 2008. 30 October 2013.
    12. News: Wallner. Wolfgang. Abschied von Olympia. Farewell to Olympics. German. Niederösterreichische Nachrichten. 21 May 2012. 30 October 2013. 1 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101001129/http://www.noen.at/lokales/noe-uebersicht/baden/sport/Abschied-von-Olympia;art2535,391724. dead.

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