Team Riedell-Telemedia
Swiss-German Inline Speed Team
Dateline: August 11, 2000
The Riedell-Telemedia inline racing team is a
mixed team, with members from Switzerland and Germany.
The team was founded by
Visiomatics
of Switzerland, and it is sponsored by
Riedell_Skates USA
and
Horn_and_Ullmann_Telemedia of Germany.
Pascal Huber
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Tommy Ulbrich
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Klaus Weiss
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Mario Flohr
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Johannes Schulte
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Thomas Ladener
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Erika Kaufmann
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There are currently 7 team members:
Erika Kaufmann
Switzerland
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In 1998, Erika finished in first place at both the
Swiss Inline Marathon
and Europe's longest race, the 111 km
Inline One-Eleven.
In 1999, Erika's ambitions were abruptly
crushed because of an accident that occurred
while she was training. She was cycling
downhill, on a pass through the mountains,
when she collided with a bus and broke her shoulder!
Erika can be reached at
erika.kaufman@skatetrix.ch.
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Pascal Huber
Switzerland
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In 1998, Pascal placed first overall in the fitness category of the
Swiss Inline Cup. He is an intelligent skater, with
a sunny personality, who
prefers uphill races.
Pascal can be reached at
pascal.huber@skatetrix.ch.
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Klaus Weiss
Germany
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Klaus Weiss is the team coordinator in Germany, and
he is very experienced in alpine and long distance
jogging.
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Tommy Ulbrich
Germany
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Tommy Ulbrich prefers long races, like the 111 km
Inline One-Eleven
held each year in St. Gallen Switzerland.
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Mario Flohr
Germany
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Mario is another skater who likes those long races!
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Thomas Ladner
Germany
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Thomas Ladner is the 2000 champion of the German Bundesland (State)
Northrhine-Westphalia.
Thomas is one of the newest members of the team,
and he prefers the shorter, faster races, especially on tracks.
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Phil Schneider
Germany
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Phil, another new member, also prefers fast races.
See these terrific photos of Phil practicing starts
and stops on
a rainy Swiss day:
Surreal Speedskater
(photos by Eric Maurer of Skatetrix.ch).
Phil has an interesting hobby - building
elaborate structures with Lego bricks!
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Johannes Schulte
Germany
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Dr. Johannes Schulte is Berlin's fastest skating attorney,
and his skating style is really a feast for the eyes.
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Klaus Weiss
Inline World Cup Zurich
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Pascal Huber
Inline World Cup Zurich
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Speedskaters who would like to join
Team Reidell-Telemedia should contact
Eric Maurer.
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The above photos were provided to this Web site
courtesy of Eric Maurer, and the copyright
belongs to Skatetrix.ch.
Skatetrix.ch is a Swiss Web site with information about inline
speed and artistic skating in Switzerland.
Skatetrix is also an on-line shop where skaters can
purchase skates, frames, videos, posters, bearings wheels and other
supplies.
The Skatetrix web site has been translated into
French, German, Italian and English.
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See also:
Team Sponsor:
Riedell Skates USA
Team Sponsor:
Horn_and_Ullmann_Telemedia Germany.
Team Founder:
Skatetrix.ch/Visiomatics Switzerland
Davos Alpine Uphill Race (article and photos)
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