Greta Neimanas

Greta Neimanas (born 4 May 1988)[1] is an American Paralympic cyclist.

Greta Neimanas
Personal information
Born (1988-05-04) May 4, 1988
Evanston, Illinois,  United States
Medal record
Representing  United States
Athletics
Para-cycling Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2008Women's time trial
Gold medal – first place2012 CarsonWomen's scratch race
Silver medal – second place2009 ManchesterWomen's time trial
Silver medal – second place2009 ManchesterWomen's pursuit
Silver medal – second place2011 MontichiariWomen's pursuit
Silver medal – second place2012 CarsonWomen's pursuit
Silver medal – second place2012 CarsonWomen's time trial
Bronze medal – third place2010Women's time trial
Bronze medal – third place2011 MontichiariWomen's time trial
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraWomen's road race
Silver medal – second place2011 Guadalajara500m time trial
Silver medal – second place2011 GuadalajaraIndividual pursuit

Biography

Neimanas was born in Evanston, Illinois. Her passion for cycling was born when she saw cycling track at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece at the age of 16. There she entered an essay contest the theme of which was "What Ability Means to Me".[2] In 2006, she became a United States Olympic Training Center athlete at the Colorado Springs.[3] She won gold medals at both 2008 and 2012 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships for cycling time trial and for the same sport won bronze medals in 2010 and 2011 at the same place. She also won 5 silver medals for her 2009, 2011, and 2012 cycling pursuits and for 2009 and 2012 time trials.[4] From March 22 to March 25 she was a participant of the Redlands Bicycle Classic in a criterium race and on April 28 she did Devil's Punch Bowl Road Race. From June 21 to June 23 of the same year she participated at the 2012 USA Cycling Juniors for both criterium and road race and from June 28 to June 30 of 2012 did both the criterium and omnium race of the Tour of Americas Dairyland.[5]

References
  1. "Greta Neimanas". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. "For Greta Neimanas, her Paralympic goals are right on track". ESPN. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. "Greta Neimanas". PBS. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. "Greta Neimanas". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. "Greta Neimanas' results". USA Cycling. Retrieved 14 December 2013.


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