Bernd Jeffré Explained

Bernd Jeffré
Birth Date:17 March 1964
Birth Place:Kiel, Germany
Sport:Para-cycling
Worlds:2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Paralympics:2012, 2020
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Bernd Jeffré (born 17 March 1964) is a German paracyclist who won the handcycle race at the 2008 Berlin Marathon. He also won a bronze medal in the road time trial H3 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and has won three team relay bronze medals at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. He competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Personal life

Jeffré was born in Kiel, Germany.[1] He has paraplegia,[1] after a crane accident at the age of 37.[2] Jeffré is married.[3]

Career

Jeffré started playing wheelchair basketball, and started competing with a handbike in 2004.[2] He trains at the .[2] He won the handcycle race at the 2008 Berlin Marathon,[4] in a course record time of 1:05:44. He was the first person to finish the Berlin Marathon race in under 1:10.00.[5] He came second in the handcycle race at the 2010 Berlin Marathon behind Vico Merklein. Jeffré and Merklein had led the race throughout.[5] Jeffré may have lost the race due to wearing too few clothes and becoming cold during the race.[3] His wife had suggested wearing more clothes, but Jeffré chose to ignore her. He came eighth in the time trial event at the 2010 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, and fifth in the road race.[1] At the 2011 Championships, he came eighth in the road race.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Jeffré came third in the road time trial H3 event, and sixth in the road race H3.[6] He was the first Paralympic medallist from Lower Saxony. In 2013, he was a contender for German disabled athlete of the year.[7] At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Jeffré came sixth in the time trial. At the 2015 Championships, he came eighth at the same event.[1]

At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, he was part of the German team that came third in the team relay event, alongside Mariusz Frankowski and Andrea Eskau.[8] He also came fourth in the individual time trial at the Championships.[1] In the same year, he came second in a European Handbike Circuit competition,[9] and second in a handbike marathon event in Rosenau, France.[10] In 2018, he came fifth in the World Championships time trial, sixth in the road race and seventh in the team relay.[1] He won the Road World Cup H4 overall standings for the season.[11] At the 2019 Championships, he came third in the team relay, eighth in the time trial and ninth in the road race.[1] At the 2021 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Jeffré came third in the team relay event,[1] [12] alongside Annika Zeyen and Vico Merklein.[13] He came 13th in the individual road race.[14]

In July 2021, Jeffré was selected for the German team for the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics.[15] He finished eighth in the time trial H4 event,[16] and did not finish the road race H4[17] due to a technical problem with his handcycle.[18] He was part of the German team, alongside Zeyen and Merklein, that came fourth in the mixed team relay.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernd Jeffré. German Olympic Sports Confederation. 11 August 2021. 21 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721151431/https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/athleten/details/bernd-jeffre. live.
  2. News: Bernd Jeffré: Mit Leib und Seele auf den Straßen unterwegs. de. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. 9 February 2011. 11 August 2021. 21 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721153534/https://www.haz.de/Sportbuzzer/Uebersicht/Bernd-Jeffre-Mit-Leib-und-Seele-auf-den-Strassen-unterwegs. live.
  3. News: Ein Sprint über 42 Kilometer. de. Die Zeit. 27 September 2010. 12 August 2021. 12 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812090801/https://www.zeit.de/sport/2010-09/berlin-marathon-handbike-merklein. live.
  4. Web site: 2008: 35. Berlin Marathon. Berlin Marathon. 11 August 2021. 17 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210817182340/https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/impressions/statistics-and-history/results-archive/. live.
  5. Web site: Zum 10. Mal startet die Handbike-Trophy beim 40. Berlin-Marathon. de. German Road Races. 17 September 2013. 12 August 2021. 12 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812090803/https://germanroadraces.de/?p=38407. live.
  6. Web site: Bernd Jeffre . Paralympic.org . . 27 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027025228/https://www.paralympic.org/bernd-jeffre . live .
  7. News: Torben Schiewe ist Behindertensportler des Jahres. de. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. 28 February 2013. 13 August 2021.
  8. News: Christiane Reppe ist durch nichts aufzuhalten. de. Der Tagesspiegel. 6 September 2017. 11 August 2021. 11 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811173709/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/meine-paralympics-christiane-reppe-ist-durch-nichts-aufzuhalten/20286572.html. live.
  9. News: Belgen pakken twee keer goud in Europese Handbike Circuit. nl. De Morgen. 18 April 2017. 11 August 2021. 11 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811165655/https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/belgen-pakken-twee-keer-goud-in-europese-handbike-circuit~b1723874/. live.
  10. News: Le marathon handbike lance une journée de courses. fr. L'Alsace-Le Pays. 15 April 2017. 11 August 2021. 19 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170419051137/http://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2017/04/15/le-marathon-handbike-lance-les-foulees-de-rosenau. live.
  11. News: Germany top Road World Cup standings. International Paralympic Committee. 20 August 2018. 11 August 2021.
  12. News: Mundial de paraciclismo arranca com ouro italiano. pt. Mountain Bikes. 10 June 2021. 11 August 2021. 11 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811171146/https://www.mountainbikes.pt/competicao/mundial-paraciclismo-arranca-com-ouro-italiano_235937_102.html. live.
  13. News: WM: Schon 6 deutsche Medaillen. de. Sport1. 11 July 2021. 11 August 2021. 11 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811171143/https://www.sport1.de/news/radsport/2021/06/para-radsport-schon-sechs-deutsche-wm-medaillen. live.
  14. News: FÜNF WELTMEISTERTITEL FÜR DEUTSCHE PARA-RADSPORTLER. de. Sport-Rhein-Erft. 14 June 2021. 11 August 2021.
  15. News: Rehm führt Paralympics-Team an. de. Sport1. 19 July 2021. 11 August 2021. 11 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811171145/https://www.sport1.de/news/paralympics/2021/07/paralympics-team-d-mit-134-athletinnen-und-athleten-um-rehm-in-tokio. live.
  16. Web site: Results. 31 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831013219/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CRD/PG2020-_CRD_C73T_CRDMTT------04012-----FNL-000100--.pdf. live.
  17. Web site: Cycling Road - Final Results. Olympics.com. 1 September 2021. 1 September 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831220757/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-road/results-men-s-h4-road-race-fnl-000100-.htm. live.
  18. News: Nur Annika Zeyen entkommt der "Defekthexe". de. Der Tagesspiegel. 1 September 2022. 4 July 2022.
  19. Web site: Results. 2 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902074216/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CRD/PG2020-_CRD_C73H_CRDOTEAM----05051-----FNL-000100--.pdf. live.

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