Healing from a brain injury is an unknown journey. In the unknown lies unlimited potential. Out of unlimited potential arises the creation of a new possibility. We invite you to participate in Stefan Karl Ritter's healing journey by praying/asking the 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer below. With love, gratitude and blessings, The Ritter…Read more 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer
High Performance, High Risk, High Healing
Above is a picture of Stefan at age 12 in June, 2010 at the Juventus Cycling Club. This is when Stefan first learned to ride on the velodrome track. High Performance From a very young age like about 4 years old, it was quite clear to Norm and I that our son Stefan would become…Read more High Performance, High Risk, High Healing
2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship
Stefan crashed on August 30th at the 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship in Aguascalientes, Mexico. We (Barbara, Norman and Carsten Ritter) would personally like to thank the Cycling Canada for all their love and support at this time. As well as the love, outreach and support from lots of family, friends, Edmonton and world wide cycling communities,…Read more 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship
GC2018 XXI Commonwealth Games
2018 XXI Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia - April 4 to 15, 2018 Stefan competed for Team Canada in the four Track Sprint Cycling events in the newly built Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane from April 4 to April 8, 2018. Men's Team Sprint Men's Keirin Men's 1 Kilometre Time Trial (Kilo) Men's Match Sprint DAY 1 -…Read more GC2018 XXI Commonwealth Games
2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Apeldoorn
(cover photo courtesy of SWpix.com) UCI 2018 Track Cycling World Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands - February 28 to March 4, 2018 March 2, 2018 - Stefan placed 12th in the sprint qualifications with a time of 9.828. This paired him up in the 1/16 Final against Yuta Wakimoto of Japan. Unfortunately, he lost and did not proceed…Read more 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Apeldoorn
Stefan Ritter’s 2017 & Minsk Review
Recovery As many of you know, June was not my month with two big crashes in Trexlertown PA. These crashes had me sitting on the sidelines for the rest of the summer. However, spending the summer at home was a nice change of pace. Before I knew it, September arrived and my unintentional summer vacation, full…Read more Stefan Ritter’s 2017 & Minsk Review
World Cup V, Minsk, January 2018
World Cup V Minsk, Belarus – 19 to 21 January 2018 Men's Keirin - Saturday, January 20th SILVER for Stefan video of Keirin Final Quoted from Canadian Cyclist: For Ritter, a former Junior world champion (Kilo), the podium result came after a long recovery from a crash in 2017 that kept him out of competition for the…Read more World Cup V, Minsk, January 2018
Track Cycling Challenge 2017
The Canadian Sprint Team had a few days break and then it was back to racing. This time in Grenchen, Switzerland at the Tissot Velodrome for the Track Cycling Challenge 2017. Wednesday, December 20th was a day of Men Elite sprinting. Stefan steadily raced all day starting with the second fastest qualifying time to ending…Read more Track Cycling Challenge 2017
Troféu Internacional Municipio de Anadia 2017
Thanks to the UVP - Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo's Facebook page, here are a few photos of Stefan. DAY 1 - Sprint - Silver Flying 200 Qualifier with a first place qualifying time of 9.993. Match Sprint for first place versus Vaslijus Lendel. See the race in action - click here. Match Sprint Medal Ceremony DAY 2 -…Read more Troféu Internacional Municipio de Anadia 2017
2017 Canadian Nationals & World Cup III Milton
Due to the crash on July 1, 2017, Stefan did not participate in the 2017 Canadian Nationals (September 28 to 30, 2017) nor in the World Cup III Â (December 1 to 3, 2017). Both races were held at the Mattamy Velodrome in Milton, Ontario, which is the home training centre for Canadian Track Cyclists. Good…Read more 2017 Canadian Nationals & World Cup III Milton
Trexlertown June 2017
Each year Trexlertown, PA holds a month long event during the summer called World Series of Bicycling. In 2017 Stefan participated in the event for the first time and had a few bumps along the way. Below is a summery of how events unfolded for Stefan. Friday, June 9th - Off to a Sprint Season…Read more Trexlertown June 2017
Hong Kong 2017 Championships
Hong Kong 2017 was Stefan's first time riding as an Elite rider at Track Cycling World Championships. Day 1 and Stefan, along with Sprint Teammates Patrice and Hugo, were getting set up at the start line and timbeeeer, Stefan went over. Stefan took it all in good stride and posted the following on his instagram:…Read more Hong Kong 2017 Championships