Sabine Spitz (born 27 December 1971 in

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) is a German cross country cyclist. She won bronze in Women's cross-country at the

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, silver in the event in the

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and gold in the event in the

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. Furthermore, she became

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in 2003. At the

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, she finished in 19th place. In March 2017, Spitz raced her second eight-day Absa Cape Epic stage race in South Africa. She and South African partner Robyn de Groot were the pre-race favourites for the Women's Category but Spitz had a problematic ride: she crashed badly on two stages and these setbacks ultimately cost them any chance of victory. They eventually finished the 651 km route in third place. In 2016 she and Ukrainian Yana Belomoina had finished second in the race, which takes place in the Western Cape each year.

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* * * 1971 births Living people People from Waldshut (district) Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) German female cyclists Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Cross-country mountain bikers Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Baden-Württemberg UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women) Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg German mountain bikers 20th-century German women 21st-century German women {{Germany-cycling-bio-1970s-stub