Fiona Kolbinger

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Fiona Kolbinger (born 24 May 1995) is a German ultra-endurance cyclist, researcher and medical doctor. She was the winner of the Transcontinental Race in 2019 [1] winning in a time of 10 days 2 hours and 48 minutes with an advance of more than ten hours over the second closest, Ben Davies. [2] [3] She was the first woman to ever win the race, beating a field of over 224 men and 40 women. [4] In recognition of her athletic achievements, she was part of the BBC's 100 women of 2019. [5]

Fiona Kolbinger studied medicine at Heidelberg University and is an alumna of the German Cancer Research Center, where she was a doctoral student in the field of paediatric oncology. [6] [7] [8] Since 2019, she is a general surgery resident and physician-scientist at the department for visceral, thoracic and vascular surgery at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technical University Dresden. [9] [10] In 2023, she moved to Purdue University as a Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering. [11] Her research focuses on artificial intelligence applications for medical decision support and surgical quality control. In recognition of her scientific work, she was listed on the 2025 Forbes 30 under 30 list. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Transcontinental Race: Germany's Fiona Kolbinger becomes first female winner of endurance race". BBC. 6 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Masters, James (5 August 2019). "Fiona Kolbinger: 'Rock star' cyclist poised to become first woman to win 4,000km Transcontinental Race". CNN. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Transcontinental Race No. 7, 2019 – Ride Far" . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Devant 263 concurrents, dont 224 hommes, Fiona Kolbinger remporte une course cycliste de 4 000 km sans assistance". Le Monde (in French). 6 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "4000-Kilometer-Radrennen: Fiona Kolbinger lässt alle Männer hinter sich". Spiegel Online (in German). 6 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Pidd, Helen (6 August 2019). "Cancer researcher becomes first woman to win 4,000km cycling race". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Team Clinical Cooperation Unit Pediatric Oncology". www.dkfz.de. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Transcontinental Race: How Fiona Kolbinger became first female winner". BBC Sport. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ärzte Viszeralchirurgie, ITS und Rettungsstelle". www.uniklinikum-dresden.de (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Fiona Kolbinger, MD, has joined the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering as a Research Assistant Professor".
  12. ↑ "Forbes 30 under 30".


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