OSSA VELOZA Paula Andrea

Date of Birth: 25 Mar 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Sport Class: C5

Place of birth: BOGOTA

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : BOGOTA

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Track	Women's C5 3000m Individual Pursuit	6
	Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial	10
	Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint COL Colombia	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu Velodrome	Women's C5 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint Qualifying	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING ROAD

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Road World Championships
2	Women's C5 - Road Race	2018	Maniago, ITA
5	C5 Time Trial	2021	Cascais, POR
5	Women's C5 - Road Race	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
6	Women's C5 - Road Race	2019	Emmen, NED
6	C5 Time Trial	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
7	C5 Time Trial	2018	Maniago, ITA
8	Women's C5 - Road Race	2021	Cascais, POR
8	C5 Time Trial	2019	Emmen, NED

CYCLING TRACK

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Track World Championships
2	Women's C4-5 - Scratch Race	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6	Women's C5 - 500m Time Trial	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7	C5 3000m Individual Pursuit	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
10	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Spending time with her daughter. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Business Administration - Cooperative University of Colombia, Colombia

Partner Edwin Matiz, daughter Isabella [2020]

Languages spoken:

Fundacion Arcangeles [Colombia]

Jose Castro [national]; Marco Tulio Ruiz

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Edwin Matiz represented Colombia in cycling at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and won bronze in the C5 4km pursuit. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 22 Aug 2021)

In 2019 she underwent surgery on her right knee and needed six months to recover. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

She took up the sport at age 25 in 2017, at the Luis Carlos Galan Velodrome in Bogota, Colombia. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

She was involved in roller skating before switching to cycling. After her accident, she continued taking part in able-bodied cycling competitions but realised her body was not the same. She opted to retire from competitive sport until she was invited to try Para cycling by coach Jose Castro. (Canal Capital Bogota YouTube channel, 06 May 2021)

Winning silver medals in both road and track cycling at the world championships in 2018. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

German track cyclist Kristina Vogel, her mother. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Her parents. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"What does not kill me makes me stronger." (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

In 2018 she was named Para Athlete of the Year by the Colombian Association of Sports Journalists [ACORD]. (dxtcapital.com, 16 Dec 2018)

General Interest

Classification
C5 (UCI, 21 Jun 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (conexioncapital.co, 15 Jan 2021)

Impairment Details
She sustained damage to her pelvis after she was hit by a dump truck in 2014. (conexioncapital.co, 15 Jan 2021)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/paula_ossa

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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