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Kristina Vogel
Winning two Olympic track-cycling titles and eleven world championships.
Team sprint gold · Individual Olympic title
- Born
- 10 November 1990
- Birthplace
- Leninskoye, present-day Kyrgyzstan
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Kristina Vogel
German sprint cyclist who won Olympic gold in both team and individual events. A training crash in 2018 ended her competitive career and left her paralysed.
Early life
Move to Germany
Moved from Kyrgyzstan to Germany with her family as an infant.
Junior success
Won six junior world titles before entering senior competition.
Career
- 2007–2008
Junior circuit
Built her reputation in international junior track racing.
- 2009–2010
First recovery
Returned to competition after a serious road collision.
- 2010s
Senior sprint career
Raced individual sprint, team sprint and keirin at the highest level.
- 2018
Career-ending injury
Sustained a spinal-cord injury in a velodrome training crash.
Achievements
Team sprint gold
Won Olympic gold with Miriam Welte in London.
Individual Olympic title
Won the sprint in Rio and added team sprint bronze.
Eleven world titles
Won senior world championships across sprint disciplines.
Beyond sport
Police work
Worked as a police officer alongside her sporting career.
Local politics
Entered municipal politics in Erfurt after her injury.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Sport authority — career and achievements ↗Photo: Nicola. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
