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 1 km 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 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
  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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