# Mario Kummer

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{{short description|German cyclist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Mario Kummer
| image          = Mario KUMMER.jpg
| image_size     =
| caption        = Kummer at the [1993 Tour de France](/source/1993_Tour_de_France)
| fullname       = Mario Kummer
| nickname       =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1962|5|6|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Suhl](/source/Suhl), [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), East Germany
| height         =
| weight         =
| currentteam    =
| discipline     = [Road](/source/Road_bicycle_racing) and [track](/source/Track_cycling)
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      =
| amateuryears1  = 
| amateurteam1   = 
| proyears1      = 1990–1991
| proteam1       = {{UCI team code|Chateau d'Ax|1990}}
| proyears2      = 1992
| proteam2       = {{UCI team code|PDM|1992}}
| proyears3      = 1993–1997
| proteam3       = {{UCI team code|THR|1993}}
| manageyears1   = 2007
| manageteam1    = {{UCI team code|AST|2007}}
| majorwins      =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry| {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [track cycling](/source/track_cycling)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [1988 Seoul](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) | [Team time trial](/source/Cycling_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_time_trial) }}
| show-medals = yes
}}

'''Mario Kummer''' (born 6 May 1962) is a retired [track](/source/track_cycling) and [road racing cyclist](/source/road_racing_cyclist) from [East Germany](/source/East_Germany), who represented his native country at the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) in [Seoul, South Korea](/source/Seoul%2C_South_Korea). There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside [Uwe Ampler](/source/Uwe_Ampler), [Jan Schur](/source/Jan_Schur) and [Maik Landsmann](/source/Maik_Landsmann).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/mario-kummer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/mario-kummer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mario Kummer Olympic Results |accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> He was a professional road cyclist from 1990 to 1998, and afterwards became a cycling manager, managing {{UCI team code|AST|2007}} for the 2007 racing year.

==Major results==
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;1983
:[Troféu Joaquim Agostinho](/source/Trof%C3%A9u_Joaquim_Agostinho)
::1st Stages 1 & 6
:1st Stage 8 [Okolo Slovenska](/source/Okolo_Slovenska)
:10th Overall [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir)
;1984
:1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [Tour de Normandie](/source/Tour_de_Normandie)
;1988
:1st 20px [Team time trial](/source/Cycling_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_time_trial), [Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) (with [Uwe Ampler](/source/Uwe_Ampler), [Jan Schur](/source/Jan_Schur) and [Maik Landsmann](/source/Maik_Landsmann))
;1989
:10th Overall [Circuit Cycliste Sarthe](/source/Circuit_Cycliste_Sarthe)
;1990
:3rd [Firenze–Pistoia](/source/Firenze%E2%80%93Pistoia)
:10th Overall [GP du Midi-Libre](/source/GP_du_Midi-Libre)
;1991
:1st Stage 3 [Giro di Puglia](/source/Giro_di_Puglia)
:8th [Firenze–Pistoia](/source/Firenze%E2%80%93Pistoia)
;1994
:8th [Japan Cup Cycle Road Race](/source/Japan_Cup_Cycle_Road_Race)
;1997
:5th [HEW Cyclassics](/source/1997_HEW_Cyclassics)
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Cycling Archives|8540}}
*{{Procyclingstats|mario-kummer}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Time Trial Team}}
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Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Suhl
Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Suhl
Category:East German male cyclists
Category:German male cyclists
Category:German track cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic cyclists for East Germany
Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in cycling
Category:Cyclists from Thuringia
Category:UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold

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