Road to World Championships: Team Germany

The World Championships are approaching and more teams have been officially announced. Today, we are showcasing team Germany!

By Jackob Savard

Photo: Thomas Wendt (@freddyrace)

A strong German team will compete in Heerde. Led by stars of the sport such as Felix Rijhnen, Simon Albrecht, Laethisia Schimek, Mareike Thum and Katharina Rumpus, Germany’s team can strive for big results.

Felix Rijhnen, who offered us one of the best moment of the 2017 World Championships, is back in the team and you should watch him in the longer distances. Simon Albrecht, who’s seen as the best sprinter in the world by many fans of the sport, is coming back from an injury and it’s hard to predict how he will perform. One thing is sure, the European, World and World Games champion will give everything he has. The ladies’ team could also show great things with World Games champion Mareike Thum and World Inline Cup champion Katharina Rumpus leading a team of strong skaters.

Senior men
Felix Rijhnen

Philipp Forstner
Patrick Reuter

Stefan Emele
Ron Pucklitzsch

Florian Berg
Simon Albrecht

Sebastian Mirsch

Senior ladies
Laethisia Schimek

Mareike Thum
Larissa Gaiser

Josie Hofmann
Sabine Berg

Jenny Peißker
Katja Ulbrich

Katharina Rumpus

Junior men
Jan Martin Mende

Luca Berti
Nils Bühneman

Paul Schlichting

Junior ladies
Angelina Otto

Franziska Petry
Leonie Imhof

Anna Ostlender
Melina Scheffer

To learn more about the Dutch team, click HERE.

To learn more about the Colombian team, click HERE.

To learn more about the French team, click HERE.

To learn more about the Portuguese team, click HERE.

To learn more about Argentina’s team, click HERE.

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