Andrea Eskau

Andrea Eskau (born 21 March 1971) is a German handbiker, Paralympic biathlon, and cross country skier who was born in Apolda and was a winner of three gold medals in Summer Paralympic Games.

Andrea Eskau

Eskau with the gold medal
Personal information
Born	(1971-03-21) 21 March 1971 (age 54) Apolda, East Germany
Medal record Representing  Germany Women's para cycling Summer Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Road race, HC A/B/C 2012 London Road time trial, H4 2012 London Road race, H4 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race H5 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road time trial H4–5 Road World Championships 2023 Glasgow Time trial H5 2024 Zurich Time trial H5 2023 Glasgow Road race H5 2024 Zurich Road race H5 European Championships 2023 Rotterdam Time trial H5 2023 Rotterdam Road race H5 2023 Rotterdam Mixed team relay H1–H5 Women's cross-country skiing Winter Paralympic Games 2014 Sochi 5km, sitting 2018 Pyeongchang 5km classical, sitting 2018 Pyeongchang 1.1km sprint, sitting 2018 Pyeongchang 12km sitting 2018 Pyeongchang 4 x 2.5km mixed relay World Championships 2013 Sollefteå Cross-country skiing Women's biathlon Winter Paralympic Games 2014 Sochi 6km, sitting 2018 Pyeongchang 10km, sitting 2018 Pyeongchang 12.5km, sitting 2010 Vancouver Individual, sitting

Career

In 2014, she became a recipient of another gold medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.^[1] In 2013, she was a cross-country sit skiing winner at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championship. Eskau also competed at the 2016 Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro winning a gold medal in the H5 Cycling road race and taking home a bronze medal in the H4-5 time trial. In 2018, Eskau went on to compete at her third Winter Paralympmics and won gold in both the 10 km and 12.5 km sitting biathlon.

Personal life

She became a paraplegic in 1998 when she crashed her bike on the way to school. The accident resulted in many vertebra being broken, this left her without the use of her legs and therefore a wheelchair user.^[2][3]