Alban Lakata
Career highlights:
European MTB Marathon Champion
2 x Austrian Champion Marathon
Marathon World Cup Victory Mt. St. Anne (Canada)
Current UCI World Ranking 1 in Marathon
Elicited from behind the stove
In his hometown Lienz (Austria) Alban Lakata had been apprenticed to be a „Hafner“, or stove builder. Later he added a qualification as one of austrian‘s best sounding job titles: „Lehrwart für allgemeine Körperausbildung“, or in short physical education trainer. Quite a set of impressive sounding decorations for a young man! But during a holiday at the beautiful Lago du garda in 2000, Alban caught the MTB bug and finally traded his stoves for a mountainbike
and began collecting even better sounding titles. Austrian Marathon Champion 2004 for example, which also made his sporting breakthrough. After a lot of national and international titles and places, Alban finally led the Marathon World Series ranking. He continues to be successful, becoming european marathon champion and leader of the UCI world ranking. We were very happy to pull Alban from behind the stove to joining the Topeak Ergon Racing Team in 2009.
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Portrait
- Nationality:
- Austrian
- Nickname:
- Albanator
- Date of Birth:
- 25.06.1979
- Place of birth:
- Lienz, Austria
- Place of residence:
- Lienz, Austria
- Professional Qualifications:
- Hafner (stove fitter)
- Height:
- 1.84m / 6’
- Weight:
- 76-79kg / 12 stone / 170lbs
- Hobbies:
- Gardening, reading, skiing, fiddling with my bikes
- Lucky Item:
- My girlfriend
- Motto:
- Nothing comes from nothing
- What I particularly like:
- That I have been able to make my hobby my career.
- What I particularly dislike:
- Dishonesty.
- Career Aim:
- To win a medal at the World Marathon Championships
- About the Team:
- German reliability
