Wolfram Kurschat

Wolfram Kurschat (born 17 May 1975 in Werne, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional mountain biker. He has claimed two German national championship titles each in men's cross-country and marathon races (2007 and 2013), and later represented his nation Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Kurschat currently trains and races for the 2013 season on Topeak-Ergon Racing Team, since he turned himself professional on the international scene in 2008.

Kurschat qualified for the German squad, along with his teammates Manuel Fumic and Moritz Milatz, in the men's cross-country race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by finishing third from the German Championships and by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the German Cycling Federation and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), based on his best performance at the World Cup series, World and European Championships, and Mountain Biking World Series. Kurschat could not upgrade a much stellar ride to complete a 4.8-km cross-country race course, as he decided to pull himself off from the race with only two laps left and a thirty-third-place effort because of bike problems.

Career achievements

2004 2nd German MTB Championships (Cross-country), Germany 2005 3rd German MTB Championships (Cross-country), Albstadt (GER) 2007

1st Cyprus Mountain Bike Cup, Larnaca (CYP) 8th Stage 5, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Saint-Félicien, Quebec (CAN) 29th UCI World Championships (Cross-country), Fort William (GBR) 2008

3rd German MTB Championships (Cross-country), Germany 33rd Olympic Games (Cross-country), Beijing (CHN) 2009

Stage 2, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Offenburg (GER) Stage 3, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Houffalize (BEL) 5th Stage 1, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Pietermaritzburg (RSA) 10th Stage 8, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Schladming (AUT) 12th Stage 4, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Madrid (ESP) 2010 2nd German MTB Championships (Cross-country), Albstadt (GER) Stage 2, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Houffalize (BEL) 9th Stage 3, UCI World Cup (Cross-country), Offenburg (GER) 2012 4th German MTB Championships (Cross-country), Germany 2013

2nd German MTB Championships (Cross-country), Bad Salzdetfurth (GER) 35th UCI World Championships (Cross-country), Pietermaritzburg (RSA)