Kristina Vogel was born in Leninskoje in 1990. As a Russian German, she moved to Germany when she was six months old. Always fascinated by cacyling, she did her first circuits on a road bike in 2000 before she switched to track cycling in 2005. Her progress on the track was rapid; after participating in the first national “scouting race”, she was directly selected for the national youth squad. She kept up her speed and won countless national and international titles. Among them two Olympic Gold Medals, eleven World Champions titles, six Junior World Champions titles and 28 World Cup Winner titles. In 2009, Kristina Vogel suffered her first serious setback after a collision with a motorist during a training session. After four weeks in hospital and three months of rehabilitation she went back on her bike to follow her dream: the participation in the 2012 Olympics in London. Kristina could not be stopped and won several titles in the years to come. On the way to her third Olympic Games and towards becoming the best female track cyclist of all time, Kristina Vogel suffered another serious blow in 2018. In a collision with a Dutch junior cyclist, she suffered several broken bones and injuries.The result: paralysis and a life in a wheelchair.Three months after the serious crash, Kristina Vogel returned to the public eye with an emotional interview in Spiegel magazine and a public press conference. Since then, Kristina Vogel is standing up to her fate and sharing it with the public as an example. Kristina Vogel is still committed to sports and is a personal member of the German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB) and the Athlete and Track Commission of the International Cycling Union (UCI). In the vote for “Female Athlete of the Year 2018”, Kristina Vogel came in second place. She also received a special award as “Model Athlete”.