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Christoph Weber

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Germany
Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency

Further personal information

Residence
Moosburg, GER
Occupation
Student
Languages
German
Higher education
Mechanical Engineering - TU München: Munich, GER

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began competitive swimming in 1994 in Moosburg.
Why this sport?
He began swimming as rehabilitation.
Club / Team
SG Moosburg: Moosburg, GER
Name of coach
Martin Schwaiger

General interest

Hobbies
Recreational swimming, playing the trumpet, photography, music recording, video editing, diving, motor boating, singing. (christoph-weber.net, 17 Nov 2011)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Carpe diem [seize the day]." (christoph-weber.net, 17 Nov 2011)
Awards and honours
He was named Stadtmeister von Moosburg [Master of the city of Moosburg] for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and Vereinsmeister der SG-Moosburg [Master of the club SG-Moosburg] for 2006, 2007 and 2008. (christoph-weber.net, 23 Mar 2010)

He was voted Freising Athlete of the Year for 2003 by readers of the Freisinger Tagblattes [Freisinger Daily News]. (christoph-weber.net, 23 Mar 2010)
Impairment
He's missing the fingers and the palm of his left hand. (christoph-weber.net, 23 Mar 2010)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S10 Heats 23
Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heats 18
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9 Heats 10
Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heats 18
Men's 100 m Freestyle S10 Heats 29
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Heats 5
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Final Round 5
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 1 6
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9 Heat 2 6
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Heat 2 5