Steffen Warias

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Steffen Warias Road cycling
Steffen Warias (2016)
Steffen Warias (2016)
To person
Date of birth January 1, 1985
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Paracycling (street / train) C3
Societies)
RV Pfeil Tübingen
RVC Reute
Veloclub Allschwil
Most important successes
Summer Paralympics
2016 Rio de Janeiro Gold medal-2008PG.svg- Road Race
2012 London Silver medal-2008PG.svg- Road Race
Last updated: February 10, 2019

Steffen Warias (born January 1, 1985 in Tübingen ) is a German paracycler in class C3.

Athletic career

Steffen Warias was born with club feet . This foot deformity was treated surgically when he was a child, but his lower leg muscles are only slightly developed, the right ankle is completely stiff and the movement in the left is restricted.

In 2003, Warias started cycling, initially as a hobby. In the following years he competed in C-Amateur cycling races and took part in cycling marathons and tourism trips. In 2009 he competed in his first Paracycling race, and in the same year he was appointed to the German national team.

2010 Steffen Warias was in Canadian Baie-Comeau world champion in the road race, three years later he was this success, also in Baie-Comeau, repeat. In 2012 he started at the Summer Paralympics in London and won the silver medal in the road race. In 2014 he became vice world champion in road racing and in 2015 in the individual time trial . In 2015, he also won the overall World Cup. In 2016 he became German champion for the fourth time in Cologne. In the same year he was nominated for the 2016 Summer Paralympics , where he won the gold medal in the C1-3 road race. At the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg , South Africa , he won the silver medal in road racing.

Honors

For his success at Paralympic Games, Steffen Warias was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf in both 2012 and 2016 .

In December 2016 he was named Baden Disabled Sportsman of the Year .

Professional

Warias is a chemist by profession . He lives and works in Switzerland and starts there for the Allschwil Veloclub . (As of 2016)

Web links

Commons : Steffen Warias  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DM Cologne 2016 - Steffen Warias - UCI World Champion Paracycling - Paralympic Silver Medalist. (No longer available online.) In: steffenwarias.de. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016 ; accessed on July 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.steffenwarias.de
  2. ↑ Paralympics: cyclist Hans-Peter Durst takes second gold. In: zeit.de . September 16, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. In: bundespraesident.de. November 7, 2012, accessed December 10, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. In: bundespraesident.de. November 1, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016 .
  5. ↑ BBS sports gala in Europa-Park in Rust: Anna-Lena Forster, Steffen Warias and VSG Pforzheim are the "BBS athletes of the year". (No longer available online.) In: bbsbaden.de. December 5, 2016, archived from the original on December 10, 2016 ; accessed on December 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bbsbaden.de
personal data
SURNAME Warias, Steffen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paracycler
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen