Walter Ablinger

Walter Ablinger
	Walter Ablinger with the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2013)
To person
Date of birth	May 12, 1969
nation	Austria
discipline	Road cycling
Most important successes
	Summer Paralympics 2016 - Individual Time Trial (H3) 2012 - Road Race (H2) 2012 - individual time trial (H2) UCI Paracycling Road World Championships 2014 - Road Race (H3) 2013 - Road Race (H2) 2013 - individual time trial (H2)
	Last updated: September 15, 2016

Walter Ablinger (born May 12, 1969 in Schärding ) is an Austrian disabled athlete . He starts in cycling ( paracycling category H3 (H2 until 2013)), in alpine skiing , cross-country skiing , triathlon , athletics and swimming.

biography

Walter Ablinger is a trained carpenter . After his journeyman's examination in 1987, he served as a soldier from 1988 to 1996, primarily on UN missions in Cyprus and Syria . Then he worked again as a carpenter. On June 21, 1999 Ablinger fell from a scaffolding on a construction site, has been paraplegic and has been in a wheelchair ever since. In 2001 Ablinger retrained as an office clerk. He is married and has three daughters.

Athletic career

Walter Ablinger began exercising in the clinic during rehabilitation. He is mainly active on the handbike . In 2009 and 2010 he was Austrian national champion in the individual time trial and in 2012 in road racing. In 2011 he became European champion and in 2012 he won the overall World Cup. Also in 2012, he started at the Summer Paralympics and won two medals: a gold medal in the road race and a silver medal in the individual time trial . In 2016 he won the silver medal in the individual time trial. In 2013 he became world champion in road racing, the following year he won bronze. He also takes part in numerous 24-hour drives and marathons.

In the other sports in which Ablinger is active, he achieved success, mainly on a national level.

Awards

2012: Gold Medal of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria
2013: Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
2017: Gold Medal of Honor from the Austrian Disabled Sports Association

Publications

I live twice. Verlag für mental strength, Vienna 2013, ISBN 320003243X .

Web links

Official website of Walter Ablinger. Retrieved April 20, 2014 .
Walter Ablinger “I won't let myself be hindered!” Austrian Paralympic Committee, accessed on April 20, 2014 .

Individual evidence

↑ Current results. Walter Ablinger's official website, accessed April 20, 2014 .
↑ Gold Medal of Merit for Walter Ablinger. Bezirksrundschau, accessed on April 21, 2014 .
↑ Rudolf Massak: Walter Ablinger awarded the Golden Medal of Honor of Behindetensportverbandes. In: radsportverband.at. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ablinger, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian disabled athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schärding

[1] Current results. Walter Ablinger's official website, accessed April 20, 2014 .

[2] Gold Medal of Merit for Walter Ablinger. Bezirksrundschau, accessed on April 21, 2014 .

[radsport-225666-3] Rudolf Massak: Walter Ablinger awarded the Golden Medal of Honor of Behindetensportverbandes. In: radsportverband.at. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .