Barbara Heeb
To person
Date of birth
13th February 1969 (age 51)
nation
Switzerland Switzerland
discipline
Street
To the team
Current team
End of career
Most important successes
UCI Road World Championships
1996 : - road racing
Swiss Championships
Swiss champion - individual time trial 1996
Swiss Champion - Road Race 1990 , 1998
Last updated: September 24, 2018
Barbara Heeb (born February 13, 1969 in Altstätten ) is a former Swiss cyclist and three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2004).
Career
Barbara Heeb, one of nine siblings, played several sports in her youth, including skiing and running. It wasn't until the age of 17 that she bought a racing bike . She decided to go cycling at the age of 20, after completing her professional training as a saleswoman.
In 1996 Barbara Heeb managed to achieve the title of road world champion.
She won the title of Swiss road champion four times; she took part in the Olympic Games three times .
In 1999 she retired from cycling and was active in cross-country skiing . Two years later she returned to cycling, but could not build on her previous successes. In April 2005 Barbara Heeb finally ended her career in top sport. She has lived in Tuscany since 2012.
Awards
literature
Walter Burk: The goal is on the mountain . The Sportmanager, St. Gallen 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Bruno Eisenhut: World Champion Tour Guide. In: St.Galler Tagblatt. April 14, 2018, accessed August 3, 2019 .
1958 Elsy Jacobs | 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966 Yvonne Reynders | 1960, 1967 Beryl Burton | 1962 Marie-Rose Gaillard | 1964 Emilija Sonk | 1965 Elisabeth Eichholz | 1968, 1976 Keetie van Oosten-Hage | 1969 Audrey McElmury | 1970, 1971 Anna Konkina | 1972, 1974 Geneviève Gambillon | 1973 Nicole Van Den Broeck | 1975 Tineke Fopma | 1977 Josiane Bost | 1978 Beate Habetz | 1979 Petra de Bruin | 1980 Beth Heiden | 1981 Ute Enzenauer | 1982 Mandy Jones | 1983 Marianne Berglund | 1984 Connie Carpenter-Phinney | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | 1988 Monique Knol | 1990 Catherine Marsal | 1991, 1993 Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel | 1994 Monica Valvik-Valen | 1996 Barbara Heeb | 1997 Alessandra Cappellotto | 1998 Diana Žiliūtė | 1999 Edita Pučinskaitė | 2000 Sinaida Stahurskaya | 2001 Rasa Polikevičiūtė | 2002, 2003 Susanne Ljungskog | 2004 Judith Arndt | 2005 Regina Schleicher | 2006, 2012, 2013 Marianne Vos | 2007 Marta Bastianelli | 2008 Nicole Cooke | 2009 Tatiana Guderzo | 2010, 2011 Giorgia Bronzini | 2014 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | 2015 Elizabeth Armitstead | 2016 Amalie Dideriksen | 2017 Chantal Blaak | 2018 Anna van der Breggen | 2019 Annemiek van Vleuten
1982 Stefania Carmine | 1983 Evelyne Müller | 1984–1989 Edith Schönenberger | 1990 Barbara Heeb | 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 Luzia Zberg | 1993 Barbara Ganz | 1996 Maria Heim | 1997, 1998 Barbara Heeb | 1999 Priska Doppmann | 2000 Diana Rast | 2001–2003 Nicole Brändli | 2004, 2005, 2007 Sereina Trachsel | 2006 Annette Beutler | 2008, 2009, 2012 Jennifer Hohl | 2010 Emilie Aubry | 2011 Pascale Schnider | 2013, 2016 Doris Schweizer | 2014 Mirjam Gysling | 2015, 2018 Jolanda Neff | 2017 Nicole Hanselmann | 2019 Marlen Reusser
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