Nele Alder-Baerens
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 Alder-Baerens in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 1, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | middle-distance running, marathon, ultramarathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ultra Sport Club Marburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nele Alder-Baerens (born 1 April 1978) is a German distance runner and marathon runner.[1][2] She is regarded as one of the best long-distance runners from Germany to have represented the nation at the Deaflympics.[3] She has represented Germany at the Deaflympics in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2017 and 2022 and has won five medals in her career, including two gold medals. She is also the defending champion in the women's marathon at the Deaflympics. Alder-Baerens also currently holds few deaf world records in the women's Athletics.[4]
Nele Alder-Baerens was born on the 1 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.[5][6]
