Anna Beck

Anna Beck
Beck at 2024 Nobel Week
Personal information
Born (1979-11-24) 24 November 1979 (age 45)
Kil, Sweden
Home townKarlstad, Sweden[1]
Sport
CountrySweden
SportPara-cycling
Disability classC3
Coached byMarcus Streijffert
Medal record
Women's para-cycling
Representing  Sweden
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Road time trial C1–3
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Road race C1–3
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Road time trial C1–3
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pietermaritzburg Road race C3
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cascais Road race C3
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cascais Time trial C3
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Time trial C3
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zurich Time trial C3
Silver medal – second place 2017 Pietermaritzburg Time trial C3
Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit C3

Anna Beck (born 24 November 1979) is a Swedish para-cyclist who represented Sweden in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Beck represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the road race C1–3 and road time trial C1–3.[2][3]

In September 2024, she represented Sweden at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the road time trial C1–3 event, Sweden's first medal of the 2024 Paralympics.[4] Weeks later, she then competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a gold medal in the time trial C3 event.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Anna Beck". 2024 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 5 September 2024. (alternate link)
  2. ^ "Cycling Road: Anna Beck". olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Anna Beck". allardafo.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Sweden bags its first Paralympic medal in Paris". sverigesradio.se. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Anna Beck took superior World Championship gold in paracycling". swedenherald.se. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.


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