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 at the 2013 World Time Trial Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 April 1989 Aleppo, Syria |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
Jaser was identified for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but was not selected.[5][6][7]
Biography
editJaser 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]
Major results
edit- 2011
- 4th Golan II
- 9th Overall Tour of Cappadocia
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Overall Tour d'Annaba
- 6th Circuit de Constantine
- 9th Critérium International de Sétif
References
edit- ^ "UCI Road World Championships 2017: Elite Men - Individual Time Trial Results". cyclingnews.com. September 20, 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ a b "Nazir Jaser". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Weber, Joscha (September 24, 2019). "UCI World Road Cycling Championships: Nazir Jaser rides against the shadows of the past". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ a b c Mülle, Bernd (September 12, 2019). "Nazir Jaser: 3. WM-Teilnahme für den Syrer der NRVg. Luisenstadt". turus.net Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ Urken, Ross Kenneth (10 February 2016). "How refugees fleeing Syria and ISIS are keeping their Olympic hopes alive" – via washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Urken, Ross Kenneth (2016-02-10). "How refugees fleeing Syria and ISIS are keeping their Olympic hopes alive". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ Pretot, Julien (2017-09-20). "Cycling - Wais completes journey from war-torn Syria to world championships". Reuters. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "Nazir Jaser ou la victoire de la vie". Be Celt (in French). 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ a b c Andrew Curry (2017-07-07). "Syrian Refugee Finds Sanctuary in Cycling". Bicycling. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ a b Vergara, Bruno (2019-09-28). "La nueva vida de Nazir Jaser, el ciclista que huyó de la guerra de Siria". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ Nudd, Tim (November 6, 2019). "Nike's First-Ever 'Just Do It' Ad for Germany Is a Glorious, Sprawling Anthem". Muse by Clio. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ Tereza, Antonova (2020-04-24). "How Syrian National Team Members Joined an Amateur Team in Berlin". We Love Cycling magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
External links
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- Nazir Jaser at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Nazir Jaser at ProCyclingStats
- Nazir Jaser at Cycling Quotient
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