Nazir Jaser (born 10 April 1989) is a

Syrian Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...

cyclist. He rode at the 2013 World Time Trial Championships and would ride again in

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, and

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. Jaser was identified for the

Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics The Refugee Olympic Team competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016, as independent Olympic participants. In March 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach declared tha ...

, but was not selected.

Biography

Jaser was born April 10, 1989, in

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, Syria. He would begin cycling at age 4. Jaser's father would die when he was 10 years old, and starting at age 12 he would begin working as a tailor until war reached his town, forcing him to flee to

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. He, the occasional captain, and the other members of the Syrian national team would sell their bikes and begin the journey to seek refuge abroad. He would be part of a group that used an inflatable boat to travel from Turkey to Greece, before he began building a new life for himself in Germany which he reached in 2015. The refugees rejoin the world of competitive cycling in a

velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate Track tran ...

in Berlin, bonded under Frank Röglin who would act as a coach and teacher as they acclimated to their new home and formed an amateur cycling team.

Major results

;2011 : 4th Golan II : 9th Overall

Tour of Cappadocia The Tour of Cappadocia ( tr, Uluslararası Kapadokya Bisiklet Turu) is an international road cycling race organized by the Turkish Cycling Federation at Cappadocia in central Turkey. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour with a rating of 2.2. The to ...

;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 4th Overall

Tour d'Annaba The Tour d'Annaba was a stage race held in 2015 and 2016 in Algeria, which was rated 2.2 and part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cyc ...

: 6th Circuit de Constantine : 9th

Critérium International de Sétif The Critérium International de Sétif was a one-day cycling race held in Algeria, between 2014 and 2016. It was held as part of the UCI Africa Tour, rated 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of ...

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* 1989 births Living people Syrian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Syrian refugees Asian Games competitors for Syria Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Syria {{Syria-cycling-bio-stub