Fabian Recher (born 3 May 1999) is a Swiss Para-cyclist. He represented Switzerland at the

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and

2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

Career

In June 2021, Recher represented Switzerland at the 2021 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a bronze medal in the road race H4 event. In September 2021, he represented Switzerland at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

and finished in seventh place in the road race H4 event. In September 2024, Recher represented Switzerland at the

and finished in sixth place in the time trial H4 event. The next day he finished in fifth place in the road race H4 event. He was in the leading group during the road race, however, he crashed into the bumper of Jonas Van de Steene's handcycle during a bend, ending his chance at a medal. Weeks later, he then competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a silver medal in the time trial H4 event.

Personal life

Recher was born to Judith and Martin Recher. He was born with

spina bifida Spina bifida (SB; ; Latin for 'split spine') is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the vertebral column, spine and the meninges, membranes around the spinal cord during embryonic development, early development in pregnancy. T ...

and was the first European baby to be operated on in the womb before he was born to treat the condition.

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* Living people 1999 births Swiss male cyclists Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics People from Spiez 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub