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Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Leg length difference
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S7, SB7, SM7
Further personal information
Residence
Rostock, GER
Occupation
Health Care Professional
Languages
German
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up the sport at school in Schwein, Germany.
Why this sport?
"Teachers told me that I was a talented swimmer."
Club / Team
SC Empor Rostock: Germany
Name of coach
Maik Michalski [club]
International debut
Year
2014
Competing for
Germany
General interest
Hobbies
Sports, running, going to concerts, painting. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018; Instagram profile, 12 Mar 2021)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning silver in the S7 50m freestyle at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)
Most influential person in career
Her mother. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)
Hero / Idol
German swimmer Britta Steffen. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)
Awards and honours
She was named the 2019 Female Para Athlete of the Year in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. (sportbuzzer.de, 01 Feb 2020)
She was named the 2018 Young Para Athlete of the Year by the German Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.org, 26 Nov 2018)
She was named the 2018 Young Para Athlete of the Year by the German Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.org, 26 Nov 2018)
Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sportbuzzer.de, 25 Nov 2020)
Impairment
She was born with Schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, a condition that causes shortening of the limbs. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018; abteilung-schwimmen.de, 05 Aug 2013)
Other information
NEW CLUB AND COACH
In October 2020 she switched clubs from Hanse SV Rostock to SC Empor Rostock. The move involved a change of coach from Andre Wilde, who she had worked with for five years, to Maik Michalski. "It [working with Wilde] didn't go well. I don't want to talk about the reasons. It didn't fit anymore." (sportbuzzer.de, 25 Nov 2020)
OCCUPATION
She works for a care and nursing service provider in Rostock, Germany. (Facebook profile, 07 Mar 2021; teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 21 Aug 2020; Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)
ENVIRONMENTAL AMBASSADOR
She comes from the seaside town of Rostock, Germany, and in 2019 she became an ambassador for 'Re-athlete', a German company that sells swimwear made from recycled fishing nets and other plastic ocean waste. "As a re-athlete [ambassador], I would like to alert the public to preventing further pollution of the oceans." (re-athlete.de, 06 Jul 2019)
In October 2020 she switched clubs from Hanse SV Rostock to SC Empor Rostock. The move involved a change of coach from Andre Wilde, who she had worked with for five years, to Maik Michalski. "It [working with Wilde] didn't go well. I don't want to talk about the reasons. It didn't fit anymore." (sportbuzzer.de, 25 Nov 2020)
OCCUPATION
She works for a care and nursing service provider in Rostock, Germany. (Facebook profile, 07 Mar 2021; teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 21 Aug 2020; Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)
ENVIRONMENTAL AMBASSADOR
She comes from the seaside town of Rostock, Germany, and in 2019 she became an ambassador for 'Re-athlete', a German company that sells swimwear made from recycled fishing nets and other plastic ocean waste. "As a re-athlete [ambassador], I would like to alert the public to preventing further pollution of the oceans." (re-athlete.de, 06 Jul 2019)
Results
| Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S7 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-13 | 6 | |
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S7 | Final 1 | 2015-07-13 | 5 | |
| Women's 400 m Freestyle S7 | Final 1 | 2015-07-15 | 5 | |
| Women's 50 m Butterfly S7 | Final 1 | 2015-07-17 | 7 | |
| Women's 50 m Butterfly S7 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-17 | 8 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S7 | Final 1 | 2015-07-19 | 3 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S7 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-19 | 5 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-08 | 4 | |
| Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 | Final Round | 2016-09-08 | 8 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S7 | Final Round | 2016-09-09 | 2 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S7 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-09 | 2 | |
| Women's 50 m Butterfly S7 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-12 | 5 | |
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S7 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-16 | 1 | |
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S7 | Final Round | 2016-09-16 | 5 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S7 | Heat 1 | 2017-12-02 | 2 | |
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S7 | Final 1 | 2017-12-02 | 2 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S7 | Heat 1 | 2017-12-04 | 2 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S7 | Final 1 | 2017-12-04 | 2 | |
| Women's 50 m Butterfly S7 | Heat 1 | 2017-12-05 | 3 | |
| Women's 50 m Butterfly S7 | Final 1 | 2017-12-05 | 4 | |
| Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 | Final 1 | 2017-12-05 | 2 |