Kristina Vogel

Kristina Vogel's medal haul, two Olympic golds and eleven world titles, would alone secure her legacy, but that's not what holds my attention. It's the chapter after the 2018 crash that paralysed her. Reaching the absolute summit of a sport and then having your body irreversibly changed is a test few champions ever face, and the way she kept her public voice afterward says more about her than any podium. I admire athletes for their speed; I respect Vogel for her resilience. To me she's less a cyclist in my memory than a study in refusing to be defined by a single tragic moment.

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Name (English)

Kristina Vogel

Name (Japanese)

クリスティーナ・フォーゲル

Reading

くりすてぃーな・ふぉーげる

Born

November 10, 1990 (age 35)

Origin

Leninskoye, Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan

Height

160 cm

Occupation

track cyclist / Police Chief Master / sport cyclist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
• 2012 German Cyclist of the Year
• 2012 Thuringia sportsperson of the year
• 2013 German Cyclist of the Year
• 2014 Thuringia sportsperson of the year
• 2015 German Cyclist of the Year
• 2015 Thuringia sportsperson of the year
• 2016 German Cyclist of the Year

• Official sitehttps://www.kristinavogel.de/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kristina.vogel/
• Xhttps://x.com/kristinavogel
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina%20Vogel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263464

Tags

• Chuy Region
• track cyclist
• Police Chief Master
• sport cyclist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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