Lisa Brennauer

Lisa Brennauer
Brennauer in 2015
Personal information
Born (1988-06-08) 8 June 1988 (age 36)
Kempten, West Germany
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur team
2008Team Stuttgart
Professional teams
2009Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung[1]
2010–2011Hitec Products UCK[1]
2012–2015Velocio–SRAM[1]
2016–2017Canyon–SRAM[2]
2018Wiggle High5
2019–2022WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling[3][4]
Major wins
Stage races
The Women's Tour (2015)
Holland Ladies Tour (2015)
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (2017, 2018)
Challenge by La Vuelta (2019, 2020)
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs (2019)

One day races & classics

Olympic Games Track Championships – Team Pursuit (2020)
World Team Time Trial Championships (2013, 2014, 2015)
World Time Trial Championships (2014)
World Mixed Relay Championships (2021)
World Track Championships – Individual pursuit (2021)
World Track Championships – Team pursuit (2021)
National Time Trial Championships
(2013, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022)
National Road Race Championships (2014, 2019–2021)
Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT (2013, 2014)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's road cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ponferrada Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ponferrada Road race
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yorkshire Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Richmond Time trial
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Plouay Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Alkmaar Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Trentino Time trial
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Berlin Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Pruszkow Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Representing Velocio–SRAM
Women's road cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2015 Richmond Team time trial
Representing Canyon–SRAM
Women's road cycling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha Team time trial

Lisa Brennauer (born 8 June 1988) is a German former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2022,[5] for six different teams.

On the track, Brennauer won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's team pursuit with Mieke Kröger, Lisa Klein and Franziska Brauße, setting the new world record.[6] She also won two gold medals at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[7] and four gold medals over three different UEC European Track Championships. On the road, Brennauer formed part of three consecutive team time trial world championship victories between 2013 and 2015,[5] and also won world titles in the individual time trial in 2014,[8] and the mixed team relay in 2021.[5] Brennauer also won nine national road titles during her career – five in the time trial and four in the road race – as well as several stage races such as The Women's Tour, the Holland Ladies Tour, the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (twice) and the Challenge by La Vuelta (twice).[9]

  1. ^ a b c "Lisa Brennauer". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  2. ^ "New Canyon//SRAM women's team presented in London". cyclingnews.com. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. ^ "WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Frattini, Kirsten (22 August 2022). "'It was the perfect ending for me' - Lisa Brennauer retires from pro cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Cycling Track – Finals – Gold Results". olympics.org. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ^ Pretot, Julien (23 October 2021). "Brennauer wins individual pursuit as Italians have bikes stolen at track worlds". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Brennauer Crowned World Time Trial Champion". RoadCycling.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. ^ Weislo, Laura (3 August 2022). "Lisa Brennauer to retire after European Championships". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 October 2022.