Jenny Fähndrich

{{Short description|Swiss BMX rider (born 1989)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Carouge, Switzerland

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| currentteam = BC Geneva

| discipline = Bicycle motocross (BMX)

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Off road

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Jenny Fähndrich (born 25 April 1989 in Carouge) is a Swiss professional BMX cyclist.{{cite sports-reference|title = Jenny Fähndrich|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/jenny-fahndrich-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/jenny-fahndrich-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 23 October 2013}} She has claimed seven Swiss national championship titles in women's BMX category, and also represented her nation Switzerland, as a 19-year-old junior, at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Fahndrich has currently raced professionally for Bicicross Club Geneva under her personal and head coach Hervé Krebs.{{cite news|last=Bornand |first=Pascal |title=Jenny Fähndrich bosse dur pour prolonger son rêve |trans-title=Jenny Fähndrich has been working hard to extend her dream |language=fr |url=http://journal.tdg.ch/actu/sports/2008/08/02/jenny-faehndrich-bosse-dur-prolonger-reve |publisher=Tribune de Genève |date=2 August 2008 |access-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192819/http://journal.tdg.ch/actu/sports/2008/08/02/jenny-faehndrich-bosse-dur-prolonger-reve |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}

Fahndrich qualified for the Swiss squad, as a lone female rider, in women's BMX cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving an invitational berth from the Union Cycliste Internationale, based on her best performance at the UCI World Championships in Taiyuan, China.{{cite news|last=Marc |first=Clara |title=Les athlètes féminines suisses qui font les JO |trans-title=Swiss female athletes who will compete at the Olympics |language=fr |url=http://www.femina.ch/ma-vie/femmes-dici/les-athletes-feminines-suisses-qui-font-les-jo |publisher=Femina |date=31 July 2008 |access-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192203/http://www.femina.ch/ma-vie/femmes-dici/les-athletes-feminines-suisses-qui-font-les-jo |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}{{cite news|title=Le cyclisme suisse lorgne les podiums olympiques|trans-title=Swiss cyclists are eyeing on the Olympic podium|language=fr|url=http://www.20min.ch/ro/sports/autres/story/18406356|publisher=20 minutes (Switzerland)|date=30 July 2008|access-date=23 October 2013}} After she grabbed a ninth seed on the morning prelims with a time of 38.209, Fahndrich scored a total of 17 placing points to take the sixth spot in the semifinals, thus eliminating her from the tournament.{{cite web|title=Women's BMX Seeding |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CBW001900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213151/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCBW001900/index.html |archive-date=19 August 2012 }}{{cite web|title=Women's BMX Semifinals Heat 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CBW001200/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213145/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCBW001200/index.html |archive-date=19 August 2012 }}{{cite news|title=JO: la longue attente des cavaliers, la déception en BMX|trans-title=Olympic Games: The long wait for riders, disappointment in BMX|language=fr|url=http://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Actualite/Sportive/22808JO-la-longue-attente-des-cavaliers-la-deception-en-BMX.html|publisher=Radio fréquence Jura|date=22 August 2008|access-date=23 October 2013}}