Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Classification
F54
Further personal information
Residence
Aarhus, DEN
Occupation
Occupational Therapist
Languages
Danish, English
Higher education
Occupational Therapy - VIA University College: Aarhus, DEN
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
After becoming paralysed in 2001, he first took up wheelchair basketball. He began training seriously for athletics in 2009.
Why this sport?
Wheelchair basketball and sports gave him something to focus on.
Club / Team
Aarhus 1900: Denmark
Name of coach
Joachim Lund [national], DEN
General interest
Other sports
He has played wheelchair basketball in the Spanish, Italian and Swedish leagues. (dhif.dk, 22 Mar 2006)
Impairment
He required a routine operation in 2001. There was a problem during surgery, and when he woke up in the hospital he was paralysed from the waist down. (dhif.dk, 22 Mar 2006)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's Shot Put F54-56 | Final Round | 2012-09-01 | 12 | |
Men's Javelin F54-56 | Final Round | 2012-09-08 | 14 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's Shot Put F54/55 | Final 1 | 2013-07-27 | 7 |