Barbara Heeb (born 13 February 1969 in
Appenzell
Appenzell is a historic canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen.
Appenzell became independent of the Abbey of Saint Gall in 1403 and entered a league with the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1411, ...
) is a Swiss
road racing cyclist
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.
In 1996 Heeb won the
world championship and finished 8th place in the
road race at the
Summer Olympics
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.
She was the
Swiss National Road Race champion in 1990, 1997 and 1998.
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1969 births
Living people
Swiss female cyclists
Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Switzerland
People from Appenzell Innerrhoden
UCI Road World Champions (women)
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