Ebbe Blichfeldt

Ebbe Blichfeldt is a Danish wheelchair racer living in Switzerland who has competed internationally in the Paralympic Games and other para-athletic events, in the T54 classification for athletes with spinal cord injuries who compete in wheelchairs. He also works as an occupational therapist.[1][2]

Blichfeldt was paralysed at age 13 as a side effect of cancer,[2][3] and began wheelchair racing in 2001.[1] His competitions have included competing for Denmark at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[1][3] and for Denmark at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where he qualified as the only Danish wheelchair racer,[2] and earned big cheers from the crowd despite finishing last in his heat in the 5000m race.[4] He placed third in the wheelchair category of the Dublin Marathon in 2018,[5] and second in the 2018 Rome Marathon.[6] He has held the Danish records for 1500m and 5000m wheelchair racing.[2]

Blichfeldt moved to Switzerland in 2009,[1] and trains at the Swiss Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil along with other parathletes including champion wheelchair racer Marcel Hug.[7] He is sponsored by OA Opbyg A/S, an axle construction firm in Karlslunde.[8]

Results

Blichfeldt's events and results include:[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ebbe Blichfeldt", Athlete profile, International Paralympic Committee, retrieved 2020-12-17
  2. ^ a b c d Fauerholdt, Casper (5 September 2016), "Ebbe Blichfeldt", Sporten (in Danish), DR
  3. ^ a b Kjærsgaard, Karin (3 July 2008), "Ebbe Blichfeldt udtaget til paralympisk OL", Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern (in Danish)
  4. ^ "Brazilians being Brazilians lift Paralympic spirit", USA Today, 14 September 2016
  5. ^ a b O'Riordan, Ian (28 October 2018), "Mick Clohisey runs Raheny proud in his first Dublin Marathon", Irish Times
  6. ^ a b "Gustavo Molina acaba tercero en el Maratón de Roma", La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish), 8 April 2018
  7. ^ Keh, Andrew (1 November 2018), "A Swiss Powerhouse Races Into an Uncertain Future: Switzerland dominates wheelchair racing through prodigious financial support and a long tradition of mentorship; now its current champions are hoping to groom the next ones", The New York Times
  8. ^ Ebbe Blichfeldt, OA Opbyg A/S, retrieved 2020-12-17
  9. ^ See individual event links for sources
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