Hanka Kupfernagel

Hanka Kupfernagel

Kupfernagel competing in cyclo-cross in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Hanka Kupfernagel
Born	(1974-03-19) 19 March 1974 (age 50) Gera, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road Cyclo-cross Mountain biking
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2007	RC Charlottenburg Berlin
2011	Horizon Fitness Racing Team
2014–2016	Maxx–Solar
Professional teams
2001	Team Farm Frites–Hartol
2004–2005	Vlaanderen–T Interim Univega Ladies Team
2012–2013	RusVelo Women's Team
Medal record Representing  Germany Women's Road bicycle racing Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Road race UCI Road World Championships 2007 Time Trial 1998 Road race 1998 Time Trial Women's Cyclo-cross UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 2000 Women elite race 2001 Women elite race 2005 Women elite race 2008 Women elite race 2002 Women elite race 2003 Women elite race 2006 Women elite race 2009 Women elite race 2004 Women elite race

Hanka Kupfernagel (born 19 March 1974 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a retired German professional cycle racer. During most of her career her primary focus was cyclo-cross racing, however, she has also won major road, track and mountain bike races. She has won seven consecutive medals at the UCI Women's Cyclo-cross World Championships, including three gold medals for 2000, 2001 and 2005; two silver medals in 2002 and 2003; and the bronze medal in 2004. Her major career victories also include a gold medal in the individual time trial competition at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart and a silver medal in the road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

She finished 1st in the year-end UCI world class rankings in 1997 and 1999 winning the 1999 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine in the process. Kupfernagel captured the Emakumeen Bira cyclo-cross race three consecutive years from 1997 to 1999.

In 2007, the three-times world cyclo-cross champion added world time trial champion to her palmares when she won gold at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships Women's Time Trial. She also won the Sparkassen Giro Bochum.

In 2008, she had a very strong cyclo-cross season, winning two World Cup races and even though she finished at second place for six times, she had enough point to claim the overall World Cup title. She seemed to be the favourite for the women's race at the 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, she was not able to defend her title as Marianne Vos beat her during a sprint finish and left her with the silver medal.

Kupfernagel officially retired in 2016.^[1] After three and a half years out of competition she participated in the German cyclo-cross championship 2019 at the age of 44 finishing the race in the second place.^[2]

Major results

Road

Cyclo-cross & Mountainbike

Track

1991

2nd UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1992

UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1st

Individual Pursuit

1st

Points Race

1993

1st

Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships

1994

1st

Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships

1995

1st

Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships

1996

2nd Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships

References

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Hanka Kupfernagel at UCI 
• Hanka Kupfernagel at Cycling Archives 
• Hanka Kupfernagel at ProCyclingStats 
• Hanka Kupfernagel at Cycling Quotient 
• Hanka Kupfernagel at CycleBase 
• Hanka Kupfernagel at Olympedia 

This page was last edited on 1 April 2024, at 11:00