Robert Bartko (born 23 December 1975) is a German former

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and track cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2014. Born in the former

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, Bartko won two gold medals at the

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: in the individual and in the team pursuit.

Major results

Track

;1998 : UCI World Cup Classics ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Team pursuit (with Christian Lademann, Daniel Becke and Guido Fulst) : UCI World Championships ::2nd Team pursuit (with Christian Lademann, Daniel Becke and Guido Fulst) ::3rd Individual pursuit ;1999 : UCI World Championships ::1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit ::1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit (with Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke and Guido Fulst) : 3rd Six Days of Munich (with Scott McGrory) ;2000 :

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::1st

Individual pursuit ::1st Gold medal olympic

Team pursuit (with Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke and Guido Fulst) : National Championships ::1st MaillotAllemania

Team pursuit (with Guido Fulst, Andre Kalfack and Andreas Müller) ::2nd Individual pursuit ::3rd Madison (with Andreas Kappes) : 2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Silvio Martinello) : 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Scott McGrory) : 3rd Six Days of Munich (with

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) ;2002 : 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Andreas Beikirch) ;2004 : 1st Individual pursuit, 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow : 2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Madison (with

Leif Lampater Leif Lampater (born 22 December 1982 in Waiblingen) is a German former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He mainly focused on track cycling and excelled in the madison, individual p ...

) ::1st Team pursuit (with Robert Bengsch, Henning Bommel and

) : 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Guido Fulst) : 3rd Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships ;2005 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships : National Championships ::1st MaillotAllemania

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAllemania

Madison (with Guido Fulst) ::1st MaillotAllemania

Team pursuit (with Guido Fulst, Karl-Christian König and

) : 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Andreas Beikirch) : 1st Six Days of Munich (with

) : 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Guido Fulst) : 3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Andreas Beikirch) ;2006 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships : National Championships ::1st MaillotAllemania

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAllemania

Madison (with Andreas Beikirch) ::1st MaillotAllemania

Team pursuit (with Guido Fulst, Karl-Christian König and Robert Kriegs) : 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow ::1st Individual pursuit ::3rd Team pursuit (with Robert Bengsch, Guido Fulst and

) : 1st Six Days of Stuttgart (with Guido Fulst and

) : 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Iljo Keisse) : 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Andreas Beikirch) : 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Andreas Beikirch) ;2007 : National Championships ::1st MaillotAllemania

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAllemania

Team pursuit (with Guido Fulst, Karl-Christian König and Frank Schulz) : 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Iljo Keisse) : 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse) : 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Iljo Keisse) : 2nd

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

, UCI World Championships : 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Andreas Beikirch) : 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Iljo Keisse) : 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Iljo Keisse) : 3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Andreas Beikirch) ;2008 : 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Iljo Keisse) : 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse) : 1st Six Days of Munich (with Iljo Keisse) : 1st Six Days of Stuttgart (with Iljo Keisse and

) : 2nd Omnium, UEC European Championships : 2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Andreas Beikirch) : 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Iljo Keisse) ;2009 : UEC European Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Madison (with Roger Kluge) ::2nd Omnium : 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Roger Kluge) : 1st Six Days of Berlin (with

) ;2010 : 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Roger Kluge) : 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Danilo Hondo) : 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Roger Kluge) : 2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Iljo Keisse) : 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Iljo Keisse) ;2011 : 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Roger Kluge) : 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Robert Bengsch) : 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Kenny De Ketele) : 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Pim Ligthart) : 3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Danilo Hondo) ;2012 : 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Schep) : 3rd Six Days of Copenhagen (with

) : 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Silvan Dillier) ;2013 : 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Schep) ;2014 : 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Marcel Kalz) : 2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Marcel Kalz) : 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Theo Reinhardt)

Road

;1999 : 1st Stage 5b Sachsen Tour ;2002 : 2nd Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 5 ;2003 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg : 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium ;2004 : 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ::1st Prologue ;2005 : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Hungary ;2007 : 3rd

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, National Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Rund um Berlin

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartko, Robert 1975 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Potsdam Olympic gold medalists in cycling UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics German track cyclists Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin Sportspeople from Bezirk Potsdam Cyclists from Brandenburg 20th-century German sportsmen