Deborah Herold (born 18 February 1995 in Aberdeen,

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) is an

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Early life and education

Herold is an ethnic Nicobarese. She grew up in

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, where her father served as an Air Force officer. She was at her village in Car Nicobar island when the

2004 tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

hit and spent around a week stuck in a tree surviving on leaves and tree bark. She received support from the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre supports in Andaman. Since 2011, she lives in

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, and trains at the Velodrome in the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.

Career

In 2014, Herold won two gold medals at the Herald Track Asia Cup in the 500-meter time trial and the

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. In October 2015, she won five medals at the Taiwan Cup Track International Classic, then three medals at the Track India Cup. She is the first Indian cyclist in the UCI rankings of a discipline - the 500m

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- and is ranked fourth. She has won three silver medal at

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( tk, Ýapyk binalarda we söweş sungaty boýunça V Aziýa oýunlary/Япык биналарда ве сөвеш сунгаты боюнча V Азия оюнлары), which is also counted as the 5 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herold, Deborah Living people 1995 births Indian female cyclists People from Port Blair Sportspeople from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India