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| Full name | Manuela Vos van den Bouwhuijsen | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1968 Leeuwarden, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
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Manuela Vos van den Bouwhuijsen [lower-alpha 1] (born 27 September 1968) is a Dutch-born Spanish para-cyclist who competes in handcycling.
Vos competed at the Road World Cup in May 2024, winning two medals in the event. Several months later, she competed at the Road World Championships and won a gold medal in the time trial H1 event with a time of 33:58:83, finishing seven minutes ahead of Luisa Pasini. She became the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal at the Para-cycling Road World Championships. [1] [2] She also won the silver medal in the road race in the same category, finishing behind Pasini. [3]
Vos is a mother and enjoys listening to music. [4] She emigrated to Spain in 1995. [4] In 2021, she fell while climbing in the Picos de Europa, leaving her paralyzed in the process. [5]
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