Tanja Klein (born 20 November 1969 in
Munich
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,
Germany
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) is a track and
road cyclist
Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...
who represented
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. She competed at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
on the road in the
women's road race and
women's trial and on the track in the
women's points race.
She won the
Austrian National Road Race Championships
The Austrian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the Austrian cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come.
The winners of each event are awarded a symbolic cycling jersey which is red and white, just lik ...
in 1995, 1996 and 1998.
References
External links
profile at ''sports-reference.com''
Austrian female cyclists
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Austria
Living people
Cyclists from Munich
1969 births
20th-century Austrian women
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