Kris Bosmans
{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (born 1980)}}
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's para-cycling}}
{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Road race C1–3}}
{{Medal|Competition|Road World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Maniago|Road race C3}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Roskilde|Road race C3}}
{{Medal|Competition|Road World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Rio de Janeiro|1km time trial C3}}
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Kris Bosmans (born 15 April 1980 in Elsene) is a Belgian cyclist competing in paracycling class C3, road and track disciplines.
Career in sports
Kris Bosmans started in cycling sports at the age of 15. He had his first successes in the youth league. In 1998 he suffered a stroke and needed two years to recover. Since then, his right leg, left foot and left hand are handicapped.
In 2008 Bosmans watched a documentary about the paracyclist Jan Boyen who won a bronze medal at the Summer Paralympics 2008. This inspired him to try to become a paracyclist. In 2011 he became the world champion of street racing at the UCI Paracyling Street Racing event. In 2012 he started at the Summer Paralympics in London; in the street race he ended ranked 5th.[http://www.demorgen.be/sport/wereldkampioen-kris-bosmans-pas-vijfde-in-wegrit-paralympics-b8c72a13/ Wereldkampioen Kris Bosmans pas vijfde in wegrit Paralympics.]. Since 2010 he has competed at the Belgian National Championships, becoming the Belgian National Champion several times.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
In 2016 Bosmans won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the men's road race C1–3.{{cite news |title=7e médaille belge avec l'argent pour Kris Bosmans |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/7e-medaille-belge-avec-l-argent-pour-kris-bosmans-9406329 |access-date=4 September 2024 |date=16 September 2016 | language=French |website=www.cabwsportadapte.net}}
In 2018, and 7 years after Roskilde, Bosmans became for the 2nd time world champion, winning the gold medal in the road race C3 at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Maniago, Italy.{{cite news |title=KRIS BOSMANS EST CHAMPION DU MONDE, LOUIS CLINCKE S'EMPARE DU BRONZE |url=https://www.paralympic.be/fr/nouvelles/kris-bosmans-est-champion-du-monde-louis-clincke-s%E2%80%99empare-du-bronze |access-date=4 September 2024 |date=5 August 2018 | language=French |publisher=Belgian Paralympic Committee}} Also in 2028, he won a bronze medal at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in the 1 kilometer time trial C3.{{cite news |title=MONDIAUX SUR PISTE: LES BELGES COLLECTENT DEUX MÉDAILLES D'ARGENT ET UNE DE BRONZE EN CE DEUXIÈME JOUR |url=https://www.paralympic.be/fr/nouvelles/mondiaux-sur-piste-les-belges-collectent-deux-m%C3%A9dailles-dargent-et-une-de-bronze-en-ce |access-date=4 September 2024 |date=23 March 2018 | language=French |publisher=Belgian Paralympic Committee}}
References
External links
- [https://www.coeurhandisport.fr/athletes_etrangers/ACDH-ETR-6011a2.php Kris Bosmans - Cœur Handisport]
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Category:Belgian track cyclists
Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Paralympic cyclists for Belgium
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Belgium
Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:UCI Para-cycling World Champions
Category:Cyclists from Brussels
Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen
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