Jens Lehmann (born 19 December 1967) is a German politician of the CDU and a former professional

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

and double Olympic champion. Despite his many successes (including being part of the first team pursuit squad to break the 4-minute barrier for the 4,000-metre team pursuit), he will probably be remembered best as the person caught by

Chris Boardman Christopher Miles Boardman, (born 26 August 1968) is a British former racing cyclist. A time trial and prologue specialist, Boardman won the inaugural men's World time trial championship in 1994, won the individual pursuit gold medal at the 19 ...

riding the revolutionary Lotus Superbike, in the final of the 1992 Olympic individual pursuit in Barcelona. Lehmann was World Champion at that time.

Political career

In the

2017 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democr ...

, Lehmann was elected as member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

, representing the

Leipzig I Leipzig I is an electoral constituency (German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 152. It is located ...

district. In parliament, he has been serving on the Defence Committee (since 2018) and the Sports Committee (since 2022).

Other activities

* Agentur für Innovationen in der Cybersicherheit, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022) *

German War Graves Commission The German War Graves Commission ( in German) is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of German war graves in Europe and North Africa. Its objectives are acquisition, maintenance and care of German war graves; tending to next of kin; youth ...

, MemberJens Lehmann

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* * * 1967 births Living people People from Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Saxony-Anhalt UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics German track cyclists Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany 20th-century births East German male cyclists People from Bezirk Halle German sportsperson-politicians {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub