Ursula Egner

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 1km Women's time trial tandem open.

Ursula Egner
Born1966
NationalityGerman

Life

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 1km 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
  1. Online, FOCUS. "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...
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