Anna Beck

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Anna Beck
Anna Beck, Swedish Para-Cyclist and National Team Captain, Swedish Paralympic Committee.jpg
Beck at 2024 Nobel Week
Personal information
Born (1979-11-24) 24 November 1979 (age 45)
Kil, Sweden
Home town Kil, Sweden [1]
Sport
CountrySweden
Sport Para-cycling
Disability class C3
Coached byMarcus Streijffert
Medal record
Women's para-cycling
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Road time trial C1–3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Tokyo Road race C1–3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Road time trial C1–3
Road World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Pietermaritzburg Road race C3
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cascais Road race C3
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 CascaisTime trial C3
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Time trial C3
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Zurich Time trial C3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 PietermaritzburgTime trial C3
Track World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit C3

Anna Beck (born 24 November 1979) is a Swedish para-cyclist who represented Sweden in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.

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Career

Beck represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the road race C1–3 and road time trial C1–3. [2] [3]

In September 2024, she represented Sweden at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the road time trial C1–3 event, Sweden's first medal of the 2024 Paralympics. [4] Weeks later, she then competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a gold medal in the time trial C3 event. [5]

References

  1. "Anna Beck". 2024 Summer Paralympics . Retrieved 5 September 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
  2. "Cycling Road: Anna Beck". olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. "Anna Beck". allardafo.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. "Sweden bags its first Paralympic medal in Paris". sverigesradio.se. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. "Anna Beck took superior World Championship gold in paracycling". swedenherald.se. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.