Nadja Pries (born 20 May 1994) is a German

BMX racer BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for up to ...

, representing her nation in international competitions. She competed in the time trial event and race event at the

2015 UCI BMX World Championships The 2015 UCI BMX World Championships were the twentieth edition of the UCI BMX World Championships, which took place in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX. Medal summary Elite events Junior ev ...

. Pries was selected as part of the German cycling team for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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.

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* * * * * 1994 births Living people BMX riders German female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Germany Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Germany Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Sportspeople from Erlangen Cyclists from Bavaria 21st-century German women 21st-century German people {{Germany-cycling-bio-1990s-stub