Corinna Hein born Corinna Biethan (born 6 February 1983) is a German indoor cyclist. She has been World

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Champion five times and the German champion seven times (2016).

Life

Hein was born in

Achern Achern (; ) is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 18 km southwest of Baden-Baden and 19 km northeast of Offenburg. Achern is the fourth largest town in the district of Ortenau (Ortenaukreis), aft ...

in 1983. From 2002 to 2007 Corinna Biethan studied material sciences at the

Technical University of Darmstadt Technical may refer to: * Technical (vehicle), an improvised fighting vehicle * Technical area, an area which a manager, other coaching personnel, and substitutes are allowed to occupy during a football match * Technical advisor, a person who ad ...

. She became a doctor of Engineering. She liked to juggle and ride a unicycle. She studied the art of cycling with her father, Werner Hein and trains at Mörfelder Kunstradfahrer. She became a member of the SKV Mörfelden team in 2006. She won the World

championship in 2009. One of her trainers was a friend named Heike Marklein. She married before she went to

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to claim her fifth UCI World title as Corinna Biethan.UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships: final rainbow jerseys of the year awarded
23 November 2014, UCI.ch, Retyrieved 3 May 2017 She has been World Champion five times and the German champion seven times (2016).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hein, Corinna 1983 births Living people People from Achern Cyclists from Freiburg (region) German female cyclists Technische Universität Darmstadt alumni 20th-century German women 21st-century German sportswomen