Kris Bosmans

Kris Bosmans started in cycling sports at the age of 15. He had his first successes in the youth league. In 1998 he suffered a stroke and needed two years to recover. Since then, his right leg, left foot and left hand are handicapped.

In 2008 Bosmans watched a documentary about the paracyclist Jan Boyen who won a bronze medal at the Summer Paralympics 2008. This inspired him to try to become a paracyclist. In 2011 he became the world champion of street racing at the UCI Paracyling Street Racing event. In 2012 he started at the Summer Paralympics in London; in the street race he ended ranked 5th.^[1] Since 2010 he has competed at the Belgian National Championships, becoming the Belgian National Champion several times.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016 Bosmans won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the men's road race C1–3.^[2]

In 2018, and 7 years after Roskilde, Bosmans became for the 2nd time world champion, winning the gold medal in the road race C3 at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Maniago, Italy.^[3] Also in 2028, he won a bronze medal at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in the 1 kilometer time trial C3.^[4]

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