U.S. Olympic Athletes

Greta Neimanas

  • Home:  Chicago , Illinois
  • Birth Year:  1988
Greta Neimanas grew up participating in Paralympic sports programs at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) and she was inspired to take up competitive cycling after seeing it at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. Neimanas was in attendance as part of the International Paralympic Experience, a grassroots education and outreach initiative of U.S. Paralympics. Within a year of starting her competitive career, Neimanas was invited to a U.S. Paralympics National Team camp in Chula Vista, Calif. and she made her Paralympic Games debut in Beijing in 2008. 
 
Neimanas is now a multi-national champion and world championships medalist. She also races professionally for the Peanut Butter and Co. TWENTY12 team.

In 2006, Neimanas graduated from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, where she was the captain of her varsity soccer team.
 
Neimanas started her freshman year at the University of Indiana in the fall of 2006, but stayed only one semester after being granted the opportunity to become a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She made the move in January 2007 and resumed her coursework at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in addition to her training.

Along with cycling, Neimanas enjoys skiing, kayaking, wakeboarding and photography.

For more about Greta, check out her Web site by visiting http://web.mac.com/gretaneimanas/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html.

Major Achievements:

  • 2011: Silver medal, Individual Pursuit (C5); fourth place, Individual Time Trial (C5) – UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Montichiari, Italy
  • 2010: Bronze medal, Individual Time Trial (C5); fourth place, Individual Road Race (C5) – UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Quebec, Canada
  • 2009: Silver medal, Individual Time Trial (LC3); silver medal, Individual Road Race (LC3) – UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Bogogno, Italy
  • 2009: Silver medals, Individual Time Trial & Individual Pursuit (LC1) – UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Manchester, England
  • 2008:  U.S. Paralympic Team member, Cycling – Beijing, China
  • 2008: Gold medal, Road Time Trial - U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Championships, Morrison, Colo.
  • 2007: Bronze medal, Road Time Trial; fourth place, Track Time Trial; fifth place, Road Race; sixth place, Pursuit – IPC Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux, France