Luis Brethauer (born 14 September 1992 in

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

) is a German

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 ...

who represents Germany in

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. Luis Brethauer is a so-called sports soldier (German

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). He takes part as TSV Betzingen in Air BMX team. His sport career started in 2000. His first international championship happened in 2003 (European Championships in Klatovy), where he finished third. In the German Championships 2010, he was vice-winner. In 2011 Brethauer took his first noble ranking as 10th in the European Championship in

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. He was also 10th at the World Championships in Copenhagen. In 2012 he won his first national title at the World Championships 2012 in Birmingham. Even though he was 49th in the final race of the European Championships in Orléans, he reached the final at the 6th Place. One of his biggest international successes in the World Cup (Supercross) 2012 is the 6th place in the Super Time Trial in

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and the 12th in the Super Time Trial in Randa mountain. With his teammate, Maik Baier, Brethauer participated in 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he became the 1st German Olympic athlete in

cycling in general, both retired from there in the quarterfinals. In 2015 Luis Brethauer has reached Semi-final of the '

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' in Baku. July 2015 became very successful for Luis as he won the Time Trial in German National Championships and took the title of German Champion in 6th times. Brethauer's biggest success was recorded at the BMX World Championships 2013 in Auckland. After a good performance, he reached the final and won the bronze medal. He had to admit defeat to the British

Liam Phillips Liam Peter Phillips (born 11 March 1989) is a BMX racing cyclist representing Great Britain. In 2013 he won the UCI BMX World Championships, his first. Having been cycling from the age of 5, he took up competitive BMX whilst a junior and won ...

and the New Zealander Marc Willers.

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* * * * 1992 births Living people BMX riders German male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Germany Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Germany Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Sportspeople from Aschaffenburg Cyclists from Bavaria 21st-century German people {{Germany-cycling-bio-1990s-stub