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Ursula Egner

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Ursula Egner
Egner in 1996
Born1966 (age 57–58)
NationalityGerman

Ursula Egner (born 1966) is a German vision impaired paracyclist. She and her pilot, Elfriede Ranz won silver medals at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games in the 1 km Women's time trial tandem open.

Life

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Egner was born in 1966. She is a visually impaired cyclist who competes on a tandem. She won three gold and one silver medal at the European Cycling Championships in 1995 in Altenstadt.[1] She and Elfriede Ranz won silver medals at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games in the 1 km tandem event.[2] The gold medals went to the Australian team of Sandra Smith and Terri Poole. For this they won silver laural awards from the German federal president.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "PARALYMPICS". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996 - cycling - womens-track-kilo-tandem-open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  3. ^ Sportbericht der Bundesregierung an den Bundestag - Drucksache 14/1710 - Seite 51 ... seit 1992 werden auch die Medaillengewinner der Paralympischen Spiele mit dem Silbernen Lorbeerblatt ausgezeichnet...