Natalie Simanowski

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Natalie Simanowski (* 20th July 1978 in Lingen (Ems) as Natalie Heskamp ) is a German cyclist.

Life

In 1999 Natalie Simanowski went to Munich and worked there as a pediatric nurse. In 2000 she won two runner-up titles in athletics. In the same year she met her future husband. On June 25, 2003, she was attacked with a knife in Munich by a mentally ill patient. The injury to the spinal cord left her incompletely paraplegic. But she continued to work as a pediatric nurse in outpatient care. In 2004 Natalie Simanowski drove for the first time a bike race in the Dolomites bike marathon over 57 kilometers. In 2005 she received an invitation to the viewing course of the German Disabled Sports Association , was accepted into the promotional squad and starts in the class for above-knee amputees without prostheses or those of equal status ( LC 3 ). Since then she has been internationally successful in cycling. In addition to cycling, she also does wheelchair basketball .

For winning the two silver medals in the 500 m time trial and in the individual pursuit at the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008, she received the Silver Laurel Leaf from the Federal President.

Natalie Simanowski is married. In April 2009, her autobiography, “Wieder aufmachen”, which she wrote together with sports journalist Detlef Dreßlein, was published by mvg Verlag in Munich.

successes

2006 World Cycling Championships in Aigle
Cycling World Championship 2007 in Bordeaux
  • Bronze time trial 500 m
  • Gold 3000 meter pursuit
  • Gold individual time trial 19.8 km
  • Silver road race 47.7 km
2008 Summer Paralympics
  • Silver time trial 500 m
  • Silver single pursuit

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German.China.ORG.CN: 21. 11. 2008 Sports honor: .... Federal President Koehler has awarded the medal winners of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games 2008 with the silver laurel leaf.
  2. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau, Paralympics - Simanowski wins silver in track cycling , Sept. 10, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Simanowski, Natalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heskamp, ​​Natalie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Lingen (Ems)