Nele Alder-Baerens

Nele Alder-Baerens (born 1 April 1978) is a German female distance runner and marathon runner.[1] She is regarded as one of the finest middle-distance runners from Germany to have represented the nation at the Deaflympics.[2] Nele Alder-Baerens has represented Germany at the Deaflympics in 1997, 2001, 2005 and in 2017 and has clinched 5 medals in her Deaflympic career including 2 gold medals. She is also the defending champion in the women's marathon at the Deaflympics. Nele also currently holds few deaf world records in the women's Athletics.[3]

Nele Alder-Baerens
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1978-04-01) April 1, 1978
Berlin, Germany
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
Sportmiddle-distance running, marathon
ClubUltra Sport Club Marburg
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's Athletics
Deaflympics
2005 Melbourne5000m
2017 SamsunMarathon
2001 Rome800m
2017 Samsun10000m
2005 Melbourne10000m
IAU 50 km World Championships
2016 Doha50km

Biography

Nele Alder-Baerens was born on the 1st of April, 1978 in Berlin. She is very short sighted with twelve dioptres due to early birth and deaf. Despite her disability with both blindness and deafness, she took the sport of Athletics and also competed in the German National Athletics Championships. In 2000, she was awarded the Junior Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award. She graduated from the Margarathe von Witzleben School which is located in Berlin.[4][5]

Career

Nele made her Deaflympic debut at the 1997 Summer Deaflympics and couldn't win any medal in the competition. She claimed her first medal at the Deaflympics in 2001, where she won the silver medal in the women's 800m individual event.[6] Nele continued her medal hunt at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics by claiming gold medal in the women's 5000m event[7] and bronze medal in the women's 10000m event.[8][9] In the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, she clinched her first Deaflympic medal for marathon event after winning the gold medal in the women's marathon event.[10] In 2016, despite her disability she participated in the women's IAU 50 km World Championships and secured silver medal in the event which was held in Doha.[11]

Nele was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2016 by the Comite International des Sports des Sourds.[12] She was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2005.[13]

Nele Alder-Baerens also holds the world record in the Ultra marathon 6H Road event with a record of 85.492 km distance.[14] In 2019 at the 24-hour World Championship in Albi, France, Nele ran 254.288 km (158 miles) for a silver medal overall in the female competition for farthest distance covered in 24 hours. She was ahead of the next competitor by a little over 4 miles.[15]

Nele Alder-Baerens currently holds 5 Deaf world records in women's athletics.

References
  1. temp_adm. "Nele Alder-Baerens — Presseportal". www.hu-berlin.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. LAUFTICKER.DE. "Alder-Baerens, Nele". www.laufticker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  4. SOF (2005-01-13). "WAS MACHT EIGENTLICH ...Nele Alder-Baerens?: Olympisches Gold gewinnen". Die Tageszeitung: taz. p. 22. ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  5. "Dr. Nele Alder-Baerens bricht deutsche Bestmarke". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal (in German). 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  6. "Women's 800m | 2001 Summer Deaflympics". Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  7. "Women's 5000m | 2005 Summer Deaflympics". Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  8. "Women's 10000m | 2005 Summer Deaflympics". Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  9. "WM-Silber und -Bronze für deutsche Ultraläufer". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal (in German). 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  10. "Women's marathon | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  11. "IAAF: Migliozzi and Kimaiyo win IAU 50km World Championships| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  12. "2016 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  13. "News | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  14. "IAU World Best Performances October 2010" (PDF). 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  15. http://iau-ultramarathon.org/index.asp?menucode=h00&col001=1921&tmp=tmp1&menu_id=News&submenux=News&foto=foto0&more=x&taal=nl
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