Nazir Jaser

Nazir Jaser (born 10 April 1989) is a Syrian cyclist. He rode at the 2013 World Time Trial Championships and would ride again in 2017, 2019,[1][2][3][4] and 2021.

Nazir Jaser
Jaser at the 2013 World Time Trial Championships
Personal information
Born (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989
Aleppo, Syria
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider

Jaser was identified for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but was not selected.[5][6][7]

Biography

Jaser was born April 10, 1989, in Aleppo, Syria.[8] He would begin cycling at age 4.[9] 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 Damascus.[3][4]

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.[9][10] 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.[3][10][11] The refugees rejoin the world of competitive cycling in a velodrome 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.[4][9][12]

Major results

[2]

2011
4th Golan II
9th Overall Tour of Cappadocia
2015
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
4th Overall Tour d'Annaba
6th Circuit de Constantine
9th Critérium International de Sétif

References
  1. "UCI Road World Championships 2017: Elite Men - Individual Time Trial Results". cyclingnews.com. September 20, 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  2. "Nazir Jaser". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. Weber, Joscha (September 24, 2019). "UCI World Road Cycling Championships: Nazir Jaser rides against the shadows of the past". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. Mülle, Bernd (September 12, 2019). "Nazir Jaser: 3. WM-Teilnahme für den Syrer der NRVg. Luisenstadt". turus.net Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  5. Urken, Ross Kenneth (10 February 2016). "How refugees fleeing Syria and ISIS are keeping their Olympic hopes alive" – via washingtonpost.com.
  6. Urken, Ross Kenneth (2016-02-10). "How refugees fleeing Syria and ISIS are keeping their Olympic hopes alive". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  7. Pretot, Julien (2017-09-20). "Cycling - Wais completes journey from war-torn Syria to world championships". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  8. "Nazir Jaser ou la victoire de la vie". Be Celt (in French). 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  9. Andrew Curry (2017-07-07). "Syrian Refugee Finds Sanctuary in Cycling". Bicycling. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  10. Vergara, Bruno (2019-09-28). "La nueva vida de Nazir Jaser, el ciclista que huyó de la guerra de Siria". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  11. Nudd, Tim (November 6, 2019). "Nike's First-Ever 'Just Do It' Ad for Germany Is a Glorious, Sprawling Anthem". Muse by Clio. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  12. Tereza, Antonova (2020-04-24). "How Syrian National Team Members Joined an Amateur Team in Berlin". We Love Cycling magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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