Deborah Herold

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Deborah Herold Road cycling
Deborah Herold (l.) With her team sprint partner Alena Reji (2018)
Deborah Herold (l.) With her
team sprint partner Alena Reji (2018)
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Date of birth February 18, 1995
nation IndiaIndia India
discipline Track cycling
Last updated: August 3, 2020

Deborah Herold , also Deborah Deborah , (born February 18, 1995 in Aberdeen , Andaman and Nicobar Islands , India ) is an Indian track cyclist .

Athletic career

Deborah Herold is an ethnic Andaman woman . She grew up on Car Nicobar , where her father worked as an air force officer at the Car Nicobar Air Force Base there. The island was hit by the 2004 tsunami , and the nine-year-old Herald sat in a tree for a day before she could be rescued. Afterwards she was traumatized by this experience for a long time.

In order to cope with her trauma, Herold began to be active in sports, in long jump and in cycling . Because of her achievements, she was supported by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) center in Andaman. Since 2011 she has lived in New Delhi , separated from her family, and trains on the cycle track at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex . In an interview, she stated that although she suffered from constant homesickness, she was focused on her sporting success.

In 2014 Herold won two gold medals at the Track Asia Cup , in the 500 meter time trial and in the team sprint . In October 2015 she won a total of five medals at the Taiwan Cup Track International Classic , and a few weeks later she won another three medals at the Track India Cup . So they climbed the first Indian cyclist in the UCI ranking of a discipline - the time trial - in fourth, one place ahead of the Dutch Vice European Champion Elis Ligtlee and became the first Indian cyclist, working for UCI Track Cycling World Championships qualifying . Herold was therefore celebrated as a “cycling sensation” by the Indian newspapers.

Deborah Herold's sporting goal is a start at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo .

In 2018 Herold started at the UCI Track World Championships 2018 in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands in the time trial and with Alena Reji in the team sprint . She also took part in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia .

Web links

Commons : Deborah Herold  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tsunami survivor Deborah Herold is world No. 4 cyclist - Times of India. In: timesofindia.indiatimes.com. December 13, 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Renjith Ravindran: Deborah: From Surviving Tsunami To Making India Proud. In: Sports Rediscovered. December 12, 2015, accessed December 14, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Cyclist Deborah Herold sets sights on 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In: indiatoday.intoday.in. November 17, 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 .
  4. ↑ 5 Things About Deborah Herold - First Female Cyclist from India to Become World No. 4. In: The Better India. December 12, 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Indian cyclists will qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Cycling Federation of India. In: Times of India. April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016 .
  6. ^ Indian cyclist Deborah Herold makes history with 4th place ranking - Times of India. In: timesofindia.indiatimes.com. December 13, 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 .
  7. ↑ UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In: SportsTalk24. March 4, 2018, accessed July 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Herald, Deborah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen