Daniel Abraham Gebru (born 11 February 1985) is a Dutch-Eritrean cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team .
Career Abraham moved to the Netherlands in 2000 and raced for the Marco Polo Cycling Team between 2010 and 2012. He focused on racing in paralympic events, for which he was eligible because of an underdeveloped leg.
In 2016 he competed for the Netherlands in the Summer Paralympics. Abraham only had a residence permit, but was allowed to compete as a stateless citizen on behalf of the Netherlands in the C4–5 road race. During the race, Abraham was in position to win the bronze medal, but just before the finish the two leaders: Australian Alistair Donohoe and Ukrainian Yegor Dementyev, both crashed, and Abraham took the win. After this, he was decorated as a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was issued a Dutch passport on 22 August 2017.
Major results Road
2016 1st C4–5 road race, Summer Paralympics 2017 1st C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships 2018 1st C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships 9th Chrono Champenois 9th Duo Normand 2019 2nd C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships 1st Stage 1 Kreiz Breizh Elites (TTT) 2021 1st C4–5 road race, Summer Paralympics 1st C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships 2022 1st C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships 2023 1st C5 Time trial, UCI Para Road World Championships European Para Championships 1st C5 Road race 2nd C5 Time trial
Track
2018 UCI Para Track World Championships 3rd C5 Individual pursuit 3rd Scratch 2019 UCI Para Track World Championships 3rd C5 Individual pursuit 3rd Scratch 2020 2nd C5 Scratch, UCI Para Track World Championships 2022 UCI Para Track World Championships 3rd C5 Individual pursuit 3rd Scratch 2023 1st C5 Scratch, UCI Para Track World Championships
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