Nadja Pries

Nadja Pries
Pries in 2020
Personal information
Born (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 32)
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
DisciplineBMX racing
RoleRacer

Nadja Pries (born 20 May 1994) is a German BMX racer, representing her nation in international competitions. She competed in the time trial event and race event at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships.

Pries was selected as part of the German cycling team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, competing in the women's BMX race. After she grabbed a fourteenth seed on the opening round with a time of 37.152, Pries scored a total of 19 placing points to take the penultimate spot against seven other racers in her semifinal heat, thus eliminating her from the tournament.

Before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Pries posed together with swimmer Isabelle Härle, rower Julia Lier, table tennis player Petrissa Solja and pole vaulter Katharina Bauer for the German edition of Playboy.

References

  1. 1 2 "Nadja Pries". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "2015 UCI BMX World Championships: Entries list". tissottiming.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Deutsche BMX-Fahrer für Rio qualifiziert" [German BMX racers qualified for Rio] (in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cycling: Women's BMX Semifinal – Heat 2". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Deutsche nicht in BMX-Endläufen dabei" [Germans failed to participate in the BMX final] (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Diese deutschen Olympia-Stars ziehen sich für den "Playboy" aus