Kristina Vogel is a German track cycling sprinter born November 10, 1990, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, who won Olympic gold in the team sprint at the 2012 London Games and in the individual sprint at the 2016 Rio Games, and who became an eleven time UCI World Champion across the sprint, keirin and team sprint events. In June 2018 she was paralyzed after a training collision with a junior cyclist at the Cottbus velodrome severed her spinal cord, ending her competitive career.
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Career HighlightWon two Olympic gold medals and a bronze, and became an eleven-time UCI track cycling World Champion. 1 Classification
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What did Kristina Vogel win at each of her Olympic Games?
Gold in the 2012 team sprint; gold in the 2016 sprint and bronze in the 2016 team sprint.
Kristina Vogel competed at two Olympic Games. At London in 2012 she won gold in the women's team sprint with Miriam Welte, and placed fourth in the individual sprint and equal eighth in the keirin. At Rio in 2016 she won gold in the women's individual sprint, bronze in the team sprint with Welte, and finished sixth in the keirin. That gives her two Olympic gold medals and one bronze.
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Kristina Vogel (born 10 November 1990) is a former German track cyclist.
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Kristina Vogel (born 10 November 1990) is a former German track cyclist.
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Kristina Vogel (born 10 November 1990) is a former German track cyclist.
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During her career, she won two gold medals and a bronze at the Olympic Games, and became an eleven-time UCI World Champion.
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Kristina Vogel (born 10 November 1990) is a former German track cyclist.
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Kristina Vogel (born 10 November 1990) is a former German track cyclist.
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won another gold, in the women's sprint, and a bronze medal in the women's team sprint again with Miriam Welte.
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