Daniel Abraham (cyclist)
 Abraham (center) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniel Abraham Gebru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1985 Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014 | WTC de Amstel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Marco Polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Willebrord Wil Vooruit[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | Marco Polo Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | CCN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | BEAT Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Abraham Gebru (born 11 February 1985) is a Dutch-Eritrean cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team BEAT Cycling Club.[2]
Career[edit]
Abraham moved to the Netherlands in 2000 and raced for the Marco Polo Cycling Team between 2010 and 2012. He focused on racing in paralympic events, for which he was eligible because of an underdeveloped leg.
In 2016 he competed for the Netherlands in the Summer Paralympics. Abraham only had a residence permit, but was allowed to compete as a stateless citizen on behalf of the Netherlands in the C4–5 road race. During the race, Abraham was in position to win the bronze medal, but just before the finish the two leaders: Australian Alistair Donohoe and Ukrainian Yegor Dementyev, both crashed, and Abraham took the win.[3] After this, he was decorated as a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau.[4] He was issued a Dutch passport on 22 August 2017.[5]
Major results[edit]
- 2016
- 1st
C4–5 road race, Summer Paralympics - 2017
- 1st
C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships - 2018
- 1st C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships
- UCI Para Track World Championships
- 3rd
C5 Individual pursuit - 3rd Scratch
- 3rd
- 9th Chrono Champenois
- 9th Duo Normand
- 2019
- 2nd
C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships - UCI Para Track World Championships
- 3rd C5 Individual pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 3rd
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 Kreiz Breizh Elites (TTT)
- 2020
- 2nd C5 Scratch, UCI Para Track World Championships
- 2021
- 1st C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships
- 2021
- 1st C4–5 road race, Summer Paralympics
References[edit]
- ^ "Daniel Abraham". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "BEAT Cycling Club". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Pijpker, Joost (September 2016). "Gold for Eritrean cyclist Daniel Abraham". Madote.com. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Koninklijke onderscheidingen: Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport". zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl (in Dutch). 17 October 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Nederlandse medaillewinnaar Abraham wordt eindelijk écht Nederlander". nos.nl (in Dutch). 22 August 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
External links[edit]
- Daniel Abraham at ProCyclingStats
- Daniel Abraham Gebru at Cycling Archives
- Daniel Abraham Gebru at the International Paralympic Committee
- Daniel Abraham at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
