Nadja Pries

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]

Nadja Pries

Personal information
Born	(1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30) Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Team information
Discipline	BMX racing
Role	Racer

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]

References

1. "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.

External links

• Nadja Pries at UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
• Nadja Pries at The-Sports.org
• Nadja Pries at Olympedia
• Nadja Pries at Olympics.com
• Nadja Pries at Team Deutschland (in German)