This is a Photo Essay from the 2022 UCI Track Nation Cup in Milton. Thanks to Rob Jones for putting my photo essay up on Canadian Cyclist: Click here to view.
A Beautiful Ride
On Saturday evening, January 25, 2020, at the Track Cycling World Cup in Milton, Canada, Stefan was given a heart-felt honouring. The announcers welcomed Stefan onto the track to a standing ovation. He rode five laps around his national home track for the first time since the August 30, 2018 injury. As a friend joked…Read more A Beautiful Ride
My Track Cycling Career
photo credit: Cycling Canada Instagram Story It has been over a year now since my crash on August 30, 2018. The road to recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury is long and challenging. Although my recovery is going incredibly well, I still have the final portions of it ahead of me. With that being…Read more My Track Cycling Career
7th Month Healing Update
The healing and rehab continues steadily and Stefan is in great health. Today, March 29th, is about 7 months since Stefan’s accident, and as the doctors have said, “The brain heals but it takes time.” Now what has Stefan been up to . . . The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital here in Edmonton continues to stand…Read more 7th Month Healing Update
3rd Month Healing Update
picture taken on December 4th, 2018 Stefan's brain injury and body continues to heal daily in small, stable, and steady ways. We continue to see subtle improvements in vision, voice, memory, left arm movement and left leg movement. True to Stefan's dedication to training as an elite athlete, he uses these skills towards bringing about…Read more 3rd Month Healing Update
Healing & Thanks 👍
Thanks Be To God and YOU !!! Thank YOU for being part of Stefan's Healing Journey to date and also thanks for in whichever way you have participated in the 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer!!! May you all be so incredibly blessed with abundant love, health, happiness and strength!!! We are so very…Read more Healing & Thanks 👍
21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer
Healing from a brain injury is an unknown journey. In the unknown lies unlimited potential. Out of unlimited potential arises the creation of a new possibility. We invite you to participate in Stefan Karl Ritter's healing journey by praying/asking the 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer below. With love, gratitude and blessings, The Ritter…Read more 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer
High Performance, High Risk, High Healing
High Performance From a very young age like about 4 years old, it was quite clear to Norm and I that our son Stefan would become a gifted athlete. It is not something we really shared with others, but it was a deep knowing. In elementary school, one project he completed of his own choosing…Read more High Performance, High Risk, High Healing
2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship
Stefan crashed on August 30th at the 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship in Aguascalientes, Mexico. We (Barbara, Norman and Carsten Ritter) would personally like to thank the Cycling Canada for all their love and support at this time. As well as the love, outreach and support from lots of family, friends, Edmonton and world wide cycling communities,…Read more 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship
GC2018 XXI Commonwealth Games
2018 XXI Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia - April 4 to 15, 2018 Stefan competed for Team Canada in the four Track Sprint Cycling events in the newly built Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane from April 4 to April 8, 2018. DAY 1 - April 5 - Team Sprint - placed 4th - 44.346 (qualifier) Team Canada qualified…Read more GC2018 XXI Commonwealth Games