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Nationality | Austrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Schärding, Austria | 12 May 1969|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para-cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | H3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | RSC Heindl OO | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Christoph Etzlstorfer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ablinger represented Austria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics winning a gold medal in the men's road race H2 event and a silver medal in the men's road time trial H2 event. He then won a silver medal in the men's road time trial H3 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [1] Ablinger won a gold medal in the men's road time trial H3 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [2]
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