Verena Schott

Verena Schott
Schott at a medal ceremony at the 2012 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality German
Born (1989-03-06) March 6, 1989
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Sport
Disability class S7, SB5, SM6
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Paralympic Games
2012 LondonSM6 200 m ind. medley
IPC Swimming World Championships
2015 GlasgowSB5 100 m breaststroke
2010 EindhovenSB5 100 m breaststroke
2010 EindhovenSM6 200 m ind. medley
2013 MontrealSM6 200 m ind. medley
2013 MontrealSB5 100 m breaststroke
2015 Glasgow 200 m medley SM6
IPC European Championships
2016 Funchal100 m backstroke S7
2009 Reykjavik 400 m freestyle – S7
2009 Reykjavik50 metre butterfly S7
2009 Reykjavik100 metre backstroke S7
2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle – S7
2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S7
2016 Funchal400 m freestyle S7
2009 Reykjavik 200 m individual medley SM6
2016 Funchal100 m freestyle S7
2016 Funchal 200 m individual medley SM6
2016 Funchal200m medley SM6
Updated on 5 May 2016.

Verena Schott (born 6 March 1989) is a German paraswimmer and Paralympic medal winner.

Biography

Schott was born in 1989 in Greifswald. At the age of three, she and her family moved to Bennewitz; when she was eight, she took up swimming and joined a swimming club in nearby Wurzen. In 2002, she was severely injured riding her bicycle when a van hit her while overtaking. This left her with incomplete paraplegia and she now uses a wheelchair.[1] She competes in the S7, SM6 and SB5 classifications.[2]

In 2010 Schott left the club in Leipzig where she had been training when she moved to Berlin to study biology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. There she began training with Matthias Ulm at Berlin's Paralympic Sport Club (PSC Berlin).[1][3] She had a son, Lean, in June 2011.[3]

Schott competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships where she won silver medals in the SB5 100 m breaststroke and SM6 200 m individual medley.[2][3] At the London 2012 Paralympics she reached the finals in four disciplines and won the silver medal in the SM6 200 m medley, coming second to Ellie Simmonds,[4] who posted a world record time.[5] At the 2013 World Championships she again came second in the 200 m medley, as well as winning bronze in the 100 m breaststroke.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pöls, Matthias (29 August 2012). "Von Bennewitz ins Olympia-Becken". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2014. (search for "Schott")
  3. 1 2 3 "Unsere Athleten für London 2012" (PDF). Sport in Berlin (in German). Landessportbund Berlin. September 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Zwei WM Medaillen für Verena Schott" (in German). Humboldt University of Berlin. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Hope, Nick (3 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Ellie Simmonds wins second gold of Games". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.


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