Fabian Recher
{{short description|Swiss para-cyclist}}
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Fabian Recher (born 3 May 1999) is a Swiss Para-cyclist. He represented Switzerland at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
In June 2021, Recher represented Switzerland at the 2021 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a bronze medal in the road race H4 event.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/article/mazzone-makes-it-three-out-of-three-on-memorable-final-day-of-para-cycling-road-world-championships/5rcaZApzXeKrsnYloEOJha |title=Mazzone makes it three out of three on memorable final day of UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships |website=uci.org |date=13 June 2021 |access-date=24 September 2024}} In September 2021, he represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and finished in seventh place in the road race H4 event.
In September 2024, Recher represented Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in sixth place in the time trial H4 event.{{cite web |url=https://www.bluewin.ch/en/index/no-medal-for-swiss-hand-cyclists-2354875.html |title= No medal for Swiss hand cyclists |website=bluewin.ch |date=5 September 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024}} The next day he finished in fifth place in the road race H4 event. He was in the leading group during the road race, however, he crashed into the bumper of Jonas Van de Steene's handcycle during a bend, ending his chance at a medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/paralympics-ein-crash-liess-fabian-rechers-medaillentraeume-platzen-ld.2666386 |title=Ein Crash liess Fabian Rechers Medaillenträume platzen |website=Luzerner Zeitung |date=7 September 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=German}} Weeks later, he then competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a silver medal in the time trial H4 event.{{cite web|url=https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/000317020E011B01FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=Men's H4 Time Trial results |date=24 September 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/article/uci-road-and-para-cycling-road-worlds-double-for-swiss-para-cyclists/55ba0HScNDXsRuxFVND1Sf |title=UCI Road and Para-cycling Road Worlds: Double for Swiss para-cyclists |website=uci.org |date=24 September 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024}}
Personal life
Recher was born to Judith and Martin Recher. He was born with spina bifida and was the first European baby to be operated on in the womb before he was born to treat the condition.{{cite web|url=https://www.plattformj.ch/artikel/163121/ |title=Fabian Recher – vor 19 Jahren im Mutterleib operiert |website=plattformj.ch |date=31 March 2018 |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=German}}
References
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External links
- {{IPC profile|fabian-recher}}
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Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen
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