Nadja Pries

Nadja Pries
Personal information
Born (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30)
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Team information
DisciplineBMX racing
RoleRacer

Nadja Pries (born 20 May 1994) is a German BMX racer, representing her nation in international competitions. She competed in the time trial event and race event at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships.[2]

Pries was selected as part of the German cycling team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, competing in the women's BMX race.[3] After she grabbed a fourteenth seed on the opening round with a time of 37.152, Pries scored a total of 19 placing points to take the penultimate spot against seven other racers in her semifinal heat, thus eliminating her from the tournament.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Nadja Pries". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2015 UCI BMX World Championships: Entries list". tissottiming.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Deutsche BMX-Fahrer für Rio qualifiziert" [German BMX racers qualified for Rio] (in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Cycling: Women's BMX Semifinal – Heat 2". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Deutsche nicht in BMX-Endläufen dabei" [Germans failed to participate in the BMX final] (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.