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| Full name | Daniel Abraham Gebru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014 | WTC de Amstel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Marco Polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Willebrord Wil Vooruit [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | Marco Polo Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | CCN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | BEAT Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Abraham Gebru (born 11 February 1985) is a Dutch-Eritrean cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team BEAT Cycling Club. [2]
Abraham moved to the Netherlands in 2000 and raced for the Marco Polo Cycling Team between 2010 and 2012. He focused on racing in paralympic events, for which he was eligible because of an underdeveloped leg.
In 2016 he competed for the Netherlands in the Summer Paralympics. Abraham only had a residence permit, but was allowed to compete as a stateless citizen on behalf of the Netherlands in the C4–5 road race. During the race, Abraham was in position to win the bronze medal, but just before the finish the two leaders: Australian Alistair Donohoe and Ukrainian Yegor Dementyev, both crashed, and Abraham took the win. [3] After this, he was decorated as a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. [4] He was issued a Dutch passport on 22 August 2017. [5]
C4–5 road race, Summer Paralympics 
C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships 
C5 Individual pursuit Scratch
C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships C5 Individual pursuit Scratch C5 Scratch, UCI Para Track World Championships C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships C4–5 road race, Summer Paralympics 
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