Nele Alder-Baerens

Nele Alder-Baerens
Alder-Baerens in 2019
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1978-04-01) April 1, 1978 (age 46)
Berlin, Germany
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
Sportmiddle-distance running, marathon, ultramarathon
ClubUltra Sport Club Marburg
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's Athletics
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne 5000m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Samsun Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2001 Rome 800m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Samsun 10000m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Melbourne 10000m
IAU World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha 50km
Silver medal – second place 2018 Sveti Martin 100km
Silver medal – second place 2019 Albi 24Hr

Nele Alder-Baerens (born 1 April 1978) is a German female distance runner and marathon runner.[1][2] She is regarded as one of the finest long-distance runners from Germany to have represented the nation at the Deaflympics.[3] Nele Alder-Baerens has represented Germany at the Deaflympics in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2017 and in 2022 has clinched 5 medals in her Deaflympic career including 2 gold medals. She is also the defending champion in the women's marathon at the Deaflympics. Nele also currently holds few deaf world records in the women's Athletics.[4]

  1. ^ temp_adm. "Nele Alder-Baerens — Presseportal". www.hu-berlin.de (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Nele ALDER-BAERENS". Deaflympics. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ LAUFTICKER.DE. "Alder-Baerens, Nele". www.laufticker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.