RECHER Fabian

Date of Birth: 3 May 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Sport Class: H4

Place of birth: SPIEZ

Birth Country:

Switzerland

Place of residence : SPIEZ

Residence Country:

Switzerland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Men's H4 Road Race	7
	Men's H4 Time Trial	DNF
	Mixed H1-5 Team Relay SUI Switzerland	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Men's H4 Time Trial	Finished
	Fuji International Speedway	Men's H4 Road Race	Finished
	Fuji International Speedway	Mixed H1-5 Team Relay	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Road World Championships
3	H4 Road Race	2021	Cascais, POR
4	H1-5 Team Relay	2021	Cascais, POR
9	H4 Time Trial	2021	Cascais, POR
11	H4 Road Race	2018	Maniago, ITA
13	H4 Time Trial	2019	Emmen, NED
14	H4 Road Race	2019	Emmen, NED

Mountain biking, cross-country skiing, spending time outdoors. (swissparalympic.ch, 01 Jan 2021; berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Human Resources

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

Para Racing Team [Langenthal, SUI]

Other sports:

He has competed in Para alpine skiing at international level. (paralympic.org, 22 Mar 2014)

In 2018 he had an operation to stop his nerve tracts sticking to his spinal cord. (berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

He began handcycling at age eight in Switzerland. (berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

"I had my first contact with the handbike when I was eight years old, but it was when I was 10 or 12 that I was accepted into the sports class at Langenstein Upper School Centre [in Spiez, Switzerland] and started racing." (berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

To compete at the Paralympic Games. (berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

He trains six times a week. (berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

Philosophy:

"Be realistic, but believe in the impossible." (swissparalympic.ch, 01 Jan 2021; berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

General Interest

Classification
H4 (UCI, 10 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (migrosmagazin.ch, 25 Jan 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (migrosmagazin.ch, 25 Jan 2016)

Impairment Details
He was born with spina bifida. Prior to his birth, doctors feared he could be born with a range of serious complications. As a result his parents decided to travel to the United States of America where a surgical procedure was conducted while he was still in the womb. The procedure was not possible in Europe at the time, and was a success. (migrosmagazin.ch, 25 Jan 2016)

General
OCCUPATION
He works as an HR operations assistant at Swisscom, a telecommunications provider in Switzerland. (LinkedIn profile, 14 Jul 2021; swissparalympic.ch, 01 Jan 2021; berneroberlaender.ch, 07 Feb 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/fabianrecher
https://instagram.com/fabian_recher
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-recher-642320159
Athlete Website: https://www.fabianrecher.ch

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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