Joachim Eilers (born 2 April 1990) is a German professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cyclin ...

. He rode at the

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18� ...

. At the

2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016. As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Ol ...

he won gold in the

1 km time trial The track time trial is a track cycling event where cyclists compete individually against the clock to record the fastest time over the specified distance from a standing start. Time trial bikes Track time trial bikes differ from normal track bik ...

. He competed for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he finished 5th in the men's sprint event and 4th in the men's keirin event.

Major results

UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

::1st Keirin ::1st 1km Time Trial ::1st Sprinters Omnium, London Six Day.

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* * * 1990 births Living people German male cyclists German track cyclists Cyclists from Cologne Olympic cyclists of Germany Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century German people {{Germany-cycling-bio-1990s-stub