Nele Alder-Baerens is a German distance runner, born on 1 April 1978 in Berlin. She is deaf and very short-sighted, and she has represented Germany at the Deaflympics five times, in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2017 and 2022, and she has won five medals in her career, two of them gold. Her gold in the women's marathon came at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, and she took silver at the IAU 50 km World Championships in Doha in 2016. In ultramarathon running she holds the world record for the 6 hour road event with 85.492 km, and at the 2019 24 hour World Championship in Albi, France, she ran 254.288 km for overall silver in the women's race. She received the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2016.
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Nele Alder-Baerens (born 1 April 1978) is a German distance runner and marathon runner.
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Nele Alder-Baerens (born 1 April 1978) is a German distance runner and marathon runner.
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She is also the defending champion in the women's marathon at the Deaflympics.
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has won five medals in her career, including two gold medals
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has won five medals in her career, including two gold medals
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Nele Alder-Baerens (born 1 April 1978) is a German distance runner and marathon runner.
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Alder-Baerens also holds the world record in the ultramarathon 6H Road event with a record of 85.492 km distance.
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