Bernd Jeffré
Bernd Jeffré (born 17 March 1964[1]) is a German paracyclist who won the handcycle race at the 2008 Berlin Marathon. He also won a bronze medal in the road time trial H3 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and has won three team relay bronze medals at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. He competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics.
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| Born | 17 March 1964 Kiel, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2012, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life edit
Jeffré was born in Kiel, Germany.[1] He has paraplegia,[1] after a crane accident at the age of 37.[2] Jeffré is married.[3]
Career edit
Jeffré started playing wheelchair basketball, and started competing with a handbike in 2004.[2] He trains at the Gymnastik-Club 1965 Nendorf.[2] He won the handcycle race at the 2008 Berlin Marathon,[4] in a course record time of 1:05:44. He was the first person to finish the Berlin Marathon race in under 1:10.00.[5] He came second in the handcycle race at the 2010 Berlin Marathon behind Vico Merklein. Jeffré and Merklein had led the race throughout.[5] Jeffré may have lost the race due to wearing too few clothes and becoming cold during the race.[3] His wife had suggested wearing more clothes, but Jeffré chose to ignore her.[3] He came eighth in the time trial event at the 2010 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, and fifth in the road race.[1] At the 2011 Championships, he came eighth in the road race.[1]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Jeffré came third in the road time trial H3 event, and sixth in the road race H3.[6] He was the first Paralympic medallist from Lower Saxony. In 2013, he was a contender for German disabled athlete of the year.[7] At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Jeffré came sixth in the time trial. At the 2015 Championships, he came eighth at the same event.[1]
At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, he was part of the German team that came third in the team relay event, alongside Mariusz Frankowski and Andrea Eskau.[8] He also came fourth in the individual time trial at the Championships.[1] In the same year, he came second in a European Handbike Circuit competition,[9] and second in a handbike marathon event in Rosenau, France.[10] In 2018, he came fifth in the World Championships time trial, sixth in the road race and seventh in the team relay.[1] He won the Road World Cup H4 overall standings for the season.[11] At the 2019 Championships, he came third in the team relay, eighth in the time trial and ninth in the road race.[1] At the 2021 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Jeffré came third in the team relay event,[1][12] alongside Annika Zeyen and Vico Merklein.[13] He came 13th in the individual road race.[14]
In July 2021, Jeffré was selected for the German team for the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics.[15] He finished eighth in the time trial H4 event,[16] and did not finish the road race H4[17] due to a technical problem with his handcycle.[18] He was part of the German team, alongside Zeyen and Merklein, that came fourth in the mixed team relay.[19]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Bernd Jeffré". German Olympic Sports Confederation. from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bernd Jeffré: Mit Leib und Seele auf den Straßen unterwegs". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 9 February 2011. from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Ein Sprint über 42 Kilometer". Die Zeit (in German). 27 September 2010. from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "2008: 35. Berlin Marathon". Berlin Marathon. from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Zum 10. Mal startet die Handbike-Trophy beim 40. Berlin-Marathon" (in German). German Road Races. 17 September 2013. from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Bernd Jeffre". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. from the original on 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Torben Schiewe ist Behindertensportler des Jahres". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 28 February 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Christiane Reppe ist durch nichts aufzuhalten". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 6 September 2017. from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Belgen pakken twee keer goud in Europese Handbike Circuit". De Morgen (in Dutch). 18 April 2017. from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Le marathon handbike lance une journée de courses". L'Alsace-Le Pays (in French). 15 April 2017. from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Germany top Road World Cup standings". International Paralympic Committee. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Mundial de paraciclismo arranca com ouro italiano". Mountain Bikes (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021. from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "WM: Schon 6 deutsche Medaillen". Sport1 (in German). 11 July 2021. from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "FÜNF WELTMEISTERTITEL FÜR DEUTSCHE PARA-RADSPORTLER". Sport-Rhein-Erft (in German). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Rehm führt Paralympics-Team an". Sport1 (in German). 19 July 2021. from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Cycling Road - Final Results". Olympics.com. 1 September 2021. from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Nur Annika Zeyen entkommt der "Defekthexe"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
External links edit
- Bernd Jeffré at the International Paralympic Committee
- Bernd Jeffré at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)