Fiona Kolbinger (born 24 May 1995) is a German ultra-endurance cyclist and medical doctor. She was the winner of the Transcontinental Race in 2019 [1] winning in a time of 10 days 2 hours and 48 minutes with an advance of more than ten hours over the second closest, Ben Davies.[2][3] She was the first woman to ever win the race, beating a field of over 224 men and 40 women.[4]
Fiona Kolbinger studied medicine at Heidelberg University and is an alumna of the German Cancer Research Center, where she was a doctoral student in the field of paediatric oncology.[5][6][7]
Since 2019, she is a surgical resident at the department for visceral, thoracic and vascular surgery at the University Hospital, Technical University Dresden.[8][9]
She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Transcontinental Race: Germany's Fiona Kolbinger becomes first female winner of endurance race". BBC. 6 August 2019.
- ^ Masters, James (5 August 2019). "Fiona Kolbinger: 'Rock star' cyclist poised to become first woman to win 4,000km Transcontinental Race". CNN. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Transcontinental Race No. 7, 2019 – Ride Far". Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Devant 263 concurrents, dont 224 hommes, Fiona Kolbinger remporte une course cycliste de 4 000 km sans assistance". Le Monde (in French). 6 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "4000-Kilometer-Radrennen: Fiona Kolbinger lässt alle Männer hinter sich". Spiegel Online (in German). 6 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ Pidd, Helen (6 August 2019). "Cancer researcher becomes first woman to win 4,000km cycling race". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Team Clinical Cooperation Unit Pediatric Oncology". www.dkfz.de. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Transcontinental Race: How Fiona Kolbinger became first female winner". BBC Sport. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Ärzte Viszeralchirurgie, ITS und Rettungsstelle". www.uniklinikum-dresden.de (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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