Christian Gyldenøhr
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| Born | 21 October 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christian Gyldenøhr (born 21 October 1985) is a Danish and Norwegian para-cyclist who competes in road events and a former footballer who played as a centre-back. As a cyclist, he is medalist at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.
Club career
Gyldenøhr began his senior football career in 2001 with Ikast. He went on to play for Skive, Holstebro and Brønshøj before retiring in 2013 as a result of his injuries.[1]
Cycling career
On 24 August 2019, Gyldenøhr was injured in a car accident which left him paralyzed, after which he took up para-cycling.[1][2]
In January 2024, Gyldenøhr at the World Cup in Adelaide, where he won the time trial and finished in second place in the road race.[3] In September, at the Road World Championships, he competed in the time trial, where he finished in seventh place, and the road race, where he won the bronze medal in the road race in the C3 classification.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b "Christian Gyldenøhr: Paralyzed by crash, but never been closer to an Olympic medal!". podtail.com.
- ^ "Christian Gyldenøhr: Paralyzed by crash, but never been closer to an Olympic medal!". www.listennotes.com.
- ^ "Gyldenøhr tok nok en medalje i World Cup". Norwegian Cycling Federation. 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Men's H3 Time Trial results". Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Men's H3 Road Race results". Retrieved 26 September 2024.