Barbara way
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 Germany
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| discipline | Paracycling - street (CP 1-2) |
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| Last updated: March 19, 2018 | |
Barbara Weise is a former German paracycler . She started in class CP 1-2.
Athletic career
At the age of eight, Barbara Weise had an accident on the school bus. She suffered severe brain injuries that triggered spastic movement disorders. In the mid-2000s, Weise, a special education teacher by profession , watched a cycling race with disabled athletes. Then she decided to start cycling herself. Within a few years she was internationally successful.
In 2007 Wiese won the gold medal in the individual time trial at the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships in Bordeaux . Because of her success, she was included in the German cycling squad for the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing . At these games she won a silver medal in the mixed time trial. For this success she was honored with the silver laurel leaf by Federal President Horst Köhler .
References and comments
- ↑ About happiness on three wheels. In: nordbayern.de. December 24, 2008, accessed March 18, 2018 .
- ↑ A shower of medals for Paralympic cyclists in Bordeaux , rad-net.de, August 27, 2007
- ↑ Other information is that she won a gold medal.
- ^ Silver for cyclist Weise, world record by swimmer Bruhn , Der Spiegel, September 12, 2008
- ↑ Reception even better than with Angela Merkel. In: nordbayern.de. November 26, 2008, accessed March 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Way, Barbara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German disabled athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |