Jenny Fähndrich (born 25 April 1989 in
Carouge) is a Swiss professional
BMX cyclist. She has claimed seven Swiss national championship titles in women's BMX category, and also represented her nation
Switzerland, as a 19-year-old junior, at the
2008 Summer Olympics. Fahndrich has currently raced professionally for Bicicross Club Geneva under her personal and head coach Hervé Krebs.
Fahndrich qualified for the Swiss squad, as a lone female rider, in
women's BMX cycling at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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by receiving an invitational berth from the
Union Cycliste Internationale
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, based on her best performance at the
UCI World Championships
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in
Taiyuan, China. After she grabbed a ninth seed on the morning prelims with a time of 38.209, Fahndrich scored a total of 17 placing points to take the sixth spot in the semifinals, thus eliminating her from the tournament.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
1989 births
Living people
Swiss female cyclists
BMX riders
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Switzerland
People from Carouge
Sportspeople from the canton of Geneva
21st-century Swiss women
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