Emma Hinze (born 17 September 1997) is a German professional racing cyclist.[1] She competed in the 2016[2] and 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning in individual and team sprint as well as in Keirin. Triple world champion, she was seen as a favourite for the Tokyo Olympics (postponed to 2021[3] due to the COVID-19 pandemic),[4] but ultimately failed to win an individual medal, falling to eventual gold medal winner Kelsey Mitchell in the semi-finals and the losing the bout for the bronze medal against Lee Wai-sze. With her partner Lea Friedrich, she was more successful in the team sprint, winning silver.[5] For winning the silver medal at Tokyo she was awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany with the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sport award.[6]
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| Born | 17 September 1997 Hildesheim, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
edit- 2016
- 3rd Team Sprint, Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov (with Pauline Grabosch)
- Grand Prix of Tula
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Team Sprint (with Pauline Grabosch)
- 2020
- World Championships
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Team Sprint
- 1st Sprint
- 2021
- Tokyo Olympics
- 2nd Team Sprint (with Lea Friedrich)
- 4th Sprint
References
edit- ^ "Emma Hinze". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Qualifying results". tissottiming.com. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org (press release). IOC. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Emma Hinze: Olympics frontunner forced to play waiting game". Deutsche Welle. 25 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020.
- ^ Hurford, Molly (8 August 2021). "Jennifer Valente Wins the Women's Omnium, the Only Gold for the U.S., to Wrap Up Track Cycling". Bicycling. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ https://www.bundespraesident.de Der Bundespräsident/Reisen und Termine/ Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes
External links
edit- Emma Hinze at UCI
- Emma Hinze at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Emma Hinze at CycleBase
- Emma Hinze at Olympedia
- Emma Hinze at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)