Dorothee Vieth

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Dorothee Vieth Road cycling
Dorothee Vieth (2016)
Dorothee Vieth (2016)
To person
Date of birth October 12, 1960
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Paracycling (H5) - street
End of career 2017
Societies)
Harvestehuder RV
Hamburger SV
Most important successes
Paralympics
2016 Gold medal-2008PG.svg - individual time trial
2012 Silver medal-2008PG.svg - individual time trial
2012 Bronze medal-2008PG.svg - road racing
2008 Bronze medal-2008PG.svg - individual time trial, road race
Last updated: November 27, 2017

Dorothee Vieth (born October 12, 1960 in Hamburg ) is a former German handbiker . She started in class H5 .

Life

In 2002 Dorothee Vieth had an accident with her scooter; since then her legs and part of her buttocks have been paralyzed. She competed in her first handbike competition in 2005, and two years later won her first medal at the UCI World Paracycling Road Championships . At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , she was third in the individual time trial and in the road race , and in 2011 she was world champion in the road race. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London , she won silver in the individual time trial and bronze in the road race; four years later at the games in Rio de Janeiro she won the gold medal in the individual time trial and bronze in the road race.

After winning the gold medal in Rio, Vieth announced that she would probably stay active for another season but would no longer start at the Paralympics. After a European Cup race in Elzach in July 2017 , Vieth ended her active career.

Dorothee Vieth is a violinist and violin teacher by profession. In 2009 she was voted Hamburg's Sportswoman of the Year .

Successes (selection)

Dorothee Vieth before the start of the 2016 European Cup in Elsdorf
2006
  • bronze World Championship - Road Race
2007
  • silver World Championship - road races, individual time trials
2008
2010
  • bronze World Championship - road races, individual time trials
2011
  • World Champion World Champion - Road Race
  • silver World Championship - Individual Time Trial
2012
2013
  • bronze World Championship - Individual Time Trial
2014
2015
2016

Web links

Commons : Dorothee Vieth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • German Olympic Sports Confederation: Dorothee Vieth. In: German Paralympic Team. Retrieved May 29, 2016 .

References and comments

  1. ↑ Dorothee Vieth, handbike world champion. In: trainingsworld.com. February 12, 2012, accessed May 29, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Andreas Hardt: Hamburg's most successful female athletes. In: Abendblatt.de . Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
  3. ↑ From the high altitude training camp to the Para-Cycling World Championships in South Africa. In: brsnw.de. August 30, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Sportswoman of the year: Dorothee Vieth. In: Abendblatt.de . Retrieved May 29, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Vieth, Dorothee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handbiker
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg