Wetterhall, competing in the time trial, at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships.
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Alexander Wetterhall |
Nickname | Ikea |
Born |
Gislaved, Sweden |
12 April 1986
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Tre Berg–PostNord |
Discipline | Road Mountain biking (former) |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur team(s) | |
2008 | Team Cyclesport.se |
2008 | Pezula Racing (stagiaire) |
2009 | MagnusMaximusCoffee.com |
2010 | Team Sprocket |
2010 | Cervélo TestTeam (stagiaire) |
Professional team(s) | |
2011–2012 | Endura Racing |
2013 | NetApp–Endura |
2014 | Firefighters Upsala CK |
2015– | Team Tre Berg–Bianchi |
Major wins | |
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Alexander Wetterhall (born 12 April 1986) is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer, and former mountain biker, who rides for UCI Continental Team Tre Berg–PostNord, having joined from Firefighters Upsala CK. Wetterhall was born with dysmelia of his feet, which needed several surgeries to be corrected.
Born in Gislaved, Wetterhall has competed as a professional since 2011, competing for Endura Racing prior to the squad's merger with Team NetApp for the 2013 season. He was the winner of the Swedish National Time Trial Championships in 2009, and 2016. Wetterhall is also a former winner of the Rás Tailteann, and the Ronde van Drenthe races.
For the 2014 season, Wetterhall joined the new Firefighters Upsala CK team. In November 2014 he was announced as part of the squad for the new Swedish outfit Team Tre Berg–Bianchi for the 2015 season.