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 Jaser at the 2013 World Time Trial Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 April 1989 Aleppo, Syria |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
Nazir Jaser (born 10 April 1989) is a Syrian cyclist. He rode at the 2013 World Time Trial Championships and would ride again in 2017, 2019, [1] [2] [3] [4] and 2021.
Jaser was identified for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but was not selected. [5] [6] [7]
Jaser was born April 10, 1989, in Aleppo, Syria. [8] He would begin cycling at age 4. [9] Jaser's father would die when he was 10 years old, and starting at age 12 he would begin working as a tailor until war reached his town, forcing him to flee to Damascus. [3] [4]
He, the occasional captain, and the other members of the Syrian national team would sell their bikes and begin the journey to seek refuge abroad. [9] [10] He would be part of a group that used an inflatable boat to travel from Turkey to Greece, before he began building a new life for himself in Germany which he reached in 2015. [3] [10] [11] The refugees rejoin the world of competitive cycling in a velodrome in Berlin, bonded under Frank Röglin who would act as a coach and teacher as they acclimated to their new home and formed an amateur cycling team. [4] [9] [12]
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