Annika Zeyen

Annika Zeyen
Annika Zeyen - German Wheelchair basketball, wheelchair racer and handbike athlete
Personal information
NicknameAnni
NationalityGerman
Born (1985-02-17) 17 February 1985 (age 39)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportWheelchair basketball (1999 - 2016)

Wheelchair racing (2016 - 2019)

Hand-biking (2019–present)
Disability classWheelchair basketball 1.5

Wheelchair racing T54

Hand-biking H3
EventWomen's team
College teamUniversity of Alabama
Coached byWheelchair Basketball

Brent Hardin - University of Alabama

Holger Glinicki German National Team/ BG Baskets Hamburg

Wheelchair Racing

Alois Gmeiner
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2008 Paralympics, 2012 Paralympics, 2016 Paralympics
Personal best(s)800 m: 1:52.63 (2017, Nottwil, Switzerland NR)

1500 m: 3:28.64 (2017, Arbon, Switzerland NR)

5000 m: 12:10.31 (2018, Nottwil, Switzerland NR)
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
IWBF World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Toronto Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Birmingham Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Amsterdam Team
IWBF European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Worcester Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Frankfurt Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Nazareth Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Stoke Mandeville Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Wetzlar Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Villeneuve d'Ascq Team}
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hamburg Team
Hand-biking
Paralympic Games
Road Race
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Road Race H1–4
Time Trial
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Time trial H1–3
Road World Championships
Road Race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baie-Comeau Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cascais Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2019 Emmen Road Race H3
Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Time Trial H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baie-Comeau Time Trial H3
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cascais Time Trial H3
Mixed Relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Mixed Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cascais Mixed Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Emmen Mixed Relay
UCI Paracycling World Cup
Road Race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Huntsville Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2023 Ostende Road Race H3
Silver medal – second place 2023 Maniago Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ostende Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Elzach Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Quebec City Road Race H3
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baie-Comeau Road Race H3
Time Trial
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Ostende Time Trial H3
Gold medal – first place 2023 Maniago Time Trial H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ostende Time Trial H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Quebec City Time Trial H3
Silver medal – second place 2022 Elzach Time Trial H3
Mixed Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Maniago Mixed Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Elzach Mixed Relay
UEC Paracycling European Championships
Road Race
Silver medal – second place 2023 Rotterdam Road Race H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Upper Austria Road Race H3
Time Trial
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Time Trial H3
Gold medal – first place 2022 Upper Austria Time Trial H3
Mixed Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Rotterdam Mixed Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Upper Austria Mixed Relay
German National Championships
Road Race
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cologne Road race H3
Time Trial
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cologne Time trial H1-H5

Annika Zeyen-Giles (nee Annika Zeyen born 17 February 1985) is a former 1.5-point wheelchair basketball player,[1] who has played for ASV Bonn, RSV Lahn-Dill and BG Baskets Hamburg in the German wheelchair basketball league, and for the University of Alabama in the United States. She has represented her country a total of 382 times in which she won six European titles, was the runner-up at 2010 and 2014 World Championships, won silver medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing and 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, and won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, for which President Joachim Gauck awarded the team Germany's highest sporting honour, the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf). Following the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Zeyen retired from wheelchair basketball to pursue alternative sporting challenges as an individual athlete.

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