Ursula Schwaller
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| Ursula Schwaller, Bogogno 2009 | |
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| Date of birth | June 22, 1976 |
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 Switzerland
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| discipline | Handbike category WH2 Para-Rowing ASW1x |
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| Current team | Swiss Paralympic Team |
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VC-Kerzers SA-Friborg |
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| Last updated: August 9, 2013 | |
Ursula Schwaller (born June 22, 1976 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) is a Swiss athlete and architect . She is a multiple cycling world champion in disabled sports.
Life
Schwaller grew up with two siblings on her parents' farm in Heitiwil and spent a lot of time in nature and on the bike. After spending a year abroad in Sweden as an au pair and graduating from high school, she completed her apprenticeship as an architect FH / HES in Freiburg.
On December 8, 2002, Ursula Schwaller had an accident on a snowshoe tour and has been paralyzed since then . At the Swiss Paraplegic Center in Nottwil, she was prepared for her new life as a wheelchair user. During her rehabilitation, she already trained on a borrowed handbike . Only a few weeks after leaving Nottwil, she contested her first handbike race. Schwaller celebrated successes in disabled sports as a cyclist (from 2003) and as a rower (from 2013). She also operates the disciplines of alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and kayaking.
In 2006 Schwaller built the first zero-energy house in the canton of Friborg , which she lives in herself. Ursula Schwaller has been a board member of the Denk an mich Foundation since 2013 .
Cycling
Ursula Schwaller has been an active handbiker since 2003 (UCI category WH2). The athlete at Veloclub Kerzers was part of the Swiss national handbike team between 2009 and 2012. Schwaller is multiple world champion in road races, individual time trials and team relay and holds the world best time for female hand bikers (WH2) over the marathon distance (1:09:49). In 2015 Schwaller was the first female paraplegic to complete the 300 km long Vätternrundan in 12 hours and 17 minutes, breaking the previous record for a man by almost two hours. In 2016, she was also the first paraplegic to challenge the 543 km long Styrkeprøven in a time of 24:44:11 hours. In 2017 she was the first wheelchair athlete to be included in the official ranking of the Mallorca 312 in a time of 8:05:51 hours over the 167 km distance.
successes
2013
- 1st place UCI Switzerland in Recherswil (SUI) time trial
- 1st place UCI Switzerland in Oensingen (SUI) Strasse
2012
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- Bronze time trial, Summer Paralympics 2012 , London (GBR)
- Bronze Team Relay, Summer Paralympics 2012, London (GBR)
- Swiss road champion and individual time trial, Reiden
- 1st place road, individual time trial and team relay, UCI World Cup, Segovia (ESP)
2011
- World Champion Road, UCI Paracycling World Championships (DEN)
- World time trial champion, UCI Paracycling World Championships (DEN)
- 2nd place Team Relay, UCI Paracycling World Championships (DEN)
- Swiss time trial champion
- 1st place road, individual time trial and team relay, UCI World Cup Segovia (ESP)
- 1st place street, EHC Germany in Lobbach (GER)
- 1st place in the Berlin Marathon with a women's course record at the time
- 1st place Heidelbergmarathon women WH2 with marathon world record (1:09:49)
2010
- World time trial champion, UCI Paracycling World Championships (CAN)
- World Champion Road, UCI Paracycling World Championships (CAN)
- 3rd place Team Relay, UCI Paracycling World Championships (CAN)
- 1st place handcycling WH2, UCI world rankings
- Swiss road champion and individual time trial
- 1st place road and individual time trial, UCI World Cup, Segovia (ESP)
2009
- World time trial champion, UCI Paracycling World Championships (ITA)
- Road World Champion, UCI Paracycling World Championships (ITA)
- 1st place Team Relay, UCI Paracycling World Championships (ITA)
- Swiss road champion and individual time trial
- 1st place in the Berlin Marathon women WH2 with the marathon world record at the time (1:18:42)
2008
- 4th place time trial, Summer Paralympics 2008 , Beijing (CHN)
- 9th place road, Summer Paralympics 2008, Beijing (CHN)
- Swiss road champion and individual time trial
- 1st place EHC overall ranking 2008
2007
- World Champion, WHF Championships Handcycling (ITA)
- 3rd place time trial, UCI Paracycling World Championships (FRA)
- 1st place Swiss Time Trial Championship, Gland (SUI)
- 1st place EHC overall ranking 2007
2006
- 2nd place EHC overall ranking 2006
2005
- 2nd place EHC overall ranking 2005
2004
- 6th place EHC overall ranking 2004
2003
- First hand bike race in Brugg
rowing
From 2013 onwards, Schwaller was the first licensed Swiss rower to compete in international para rowing competitions in the ASW1x boat class (women's single with arms and shoulders). Schwaller immediately became an indoor rowing European champion and achieved 5th place when she first participated in the Rowing World Cup on Dorney Lake in Eton (GBR). In 2013, Schwaller was the first female para rower to take part in the two long-distance regattas Armadacup and Silverskiff.
successes
- 1st place FISA European Ergometer Championships 2013 in Kettwig (GER)
- 4th place FISA International Adaptive Regatta 2013 in Gavirate (ITA)
- 5th place 2013 FISA World Cup 2 Para-Rowing in Eton (GBR)
Honors
- In 2009 Ursula Schwaller was voted Swiss cyclist of the year as the first disabled athlete.
- In March 2014 Ursula Schwaller was made an honorary member of the Swiss Cycling Association.
architecture
Ursula Schwaller is an architect FH / HES, energy consultant and building biologist SIB. She is a pioneer in the field of low-energy houses. Your own zero energy house in Düdingen has the following Minergie certificates FR-001-P , FR-001-A , FR-001-A-ECO and FR-002-P-ECO .
Web links
- Personal website of Ursula Schwaller
- Ursula Schwaller at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Wind tunnel tests
- From hand bike to rowing boat (PDF; 210 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula Schwaller, Successes
- ↑ UCI competition results. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 14, 2016 ; accessed on February 14, 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.
- ↑ Etzlstorfer, Best Time Ever
- ↑ Mira Weingartner, 20min
- ^ Raphael Hadorn, Berner Zeitung
- ↑ Franz Gallati is the new President of Swiss Cycling. (No longer available online.) Swiss Cycling, March 24, 2014, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 24, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ Marlene Beer, Minergie specialist unit
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schwaller, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss disabled athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg |