Vera Looser (née Adrian; born 28 October 1993) is a Namibian
road
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Th ...
cyclist and mountain biker who most recently rode for
UCI Women's Continental Team
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. She represented her nation at the
2014
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and
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
Commonwealth Games
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and at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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.
She has won the
Namibian National Time Trial Championships
The Namibian National Time Trial Championship is a cycling race where the Namibian cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey, just like the national fla ...
on seven occasions, and the
Namibian National Road Race Championships on ten occasions, including nine years consecutively between 2014 and 2022.
Major results
;2012
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
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:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::3rd

Road race
::7th Time trial
;2013
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::2nd

Road race
::3rd

Time trial
;2014
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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;2015
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::2nd

Team time trial
::5th Time trial
::9th Road race
:
African Games
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::4th Team time trial
::5th Time trial
::8th Road race
;2016
:
African Road Championships
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::1st

Road race
::1st

Time trial
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
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: 4th KZN Summer Series 2
: 4th Steinmaur
;2017
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
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: 1st Grand Prix Olten
: 2nd GP Oberbaselbiet
: 4th Lakuntz
: 4th Emptinne
: 7th
947 Cycle Challenge
;2018
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 4th
SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
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:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::6th Time trial
::7th Road race
;2019
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
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:
African Games
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::3rd

Road race
::3rd

Time trial
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::5th Road race
::6th Time trial
;2020
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
;2021
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::3rd

Road race
::3rd

Time trial
;2022
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
References
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1993 births
Namibian female cyclists
Living people
Sportspeople from Windhoek
White Namibian people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Namibia
Cyclists at the 2019 African Games
African Games bronze medalists in cycling
African Games bronze medalists for Namibia
21st-century Namibian sportswomen
Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics