Annette Kahl

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Annette Kahl (born November 16, 1972 ) is a German disabled athlete .

Career

Kahl comes from Hamburg and has been playing basketball in her club, HSV , since she was eleven . Due to a knee injury, she played in the wheelchair team of HSV. Her performance was soon so good that she was called up to the German national team in 2003. With this team she took part in three European championships and two world championships and was used for the first time at the 2004 Paralympic Summer Games in Athens. She then also played at the 2008 Paralympic Summer Games for Germany as a team captain and won a silver medal with her team.

Professional

Kahl studied sports science and works as a sports therapist at the BG Klinikum Hamburg. She also works as a trainer and speaker at the German Wheelchair Sports Association.

Awards

In 2003 she was elected Hamburg Sportswoman of the Year. In addition, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on November 20, 2008 by the then Federal President Horst Köhler .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The German team 2008: Basketball In: Paralympics - Peking 2008 team magazine , dbs-npc.de , accessed on January 28, 2019 (PDF; 5.5 MB, p. 28)
  2. ↑ Twelve medals for North German athletes at the Paralympics Article from September 17, 2008 for Die Welt. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ Annette Kahl - medalist teaches wheelchair users. Vita on mitdir gehtmehr.hamburg. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ Ceremony in the town hall Article from February 19, 2004 in the Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  5. ^ Silver laurel leaf for medalists Article about the award ceremony in the Tagesspiegel. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bald, Annette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wheelchair basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1972