Beate Schretzmann

Beate Schretzmann , born in the 20th century, is a former German disabled athlete.

Career

Beate Schretzmann, who comes from Stuttgart , is severely disabled. Despite her disability, she wanted to do competitive sports. As a sport appropriate to her disabilities, she chose swimming, which she could practice in the short distances over 50 and 100 m. As disciplines within swimming, she specialized in freestyle and butterfly swimming. Since her performance was good, she was appointed to the German National Disabled Swimming Team, with which she took part in the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta . She was successful at both Paralympic Summer Games: in 1992 she was first in the 50 m butterfly (starting class S6 ) and thus won a gold medal. At the following Summer Paralympics in 1996 she was also successful in the 50 m butterfly. Behind her teammate Maria Götze , she came second and won the silver medal with 49.41 seconds. She also won a silver medal in the 100 m freestyle with 1.53.14.

For the 1992 medal she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993 by Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker .

Schretzmann has also been German champion several times, 1990 vice world champion over 200 m freestyle, 1991 European champion over 50 m butterfly, 1994 vice world champion in Malta over 50 m butterfly and 100 m chest. She set a world record over 50 m butterfly. In 1992 she was awarded the Sports Honor of the City of Gerlingen , which is awarded for outstanding achievements to athletes who belong to a Gerlingen club or who have their residence there.

Web links

Beate Schretzmann International Paralympic Committee

Individual evidence

^ Beate Schretzmann International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

↑ Nothing is impossible. In: Die Welt, August 20, 1996. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

↑ Paralympics over. a.rhein-zeitung.de. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V. VIBSS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1992, with the silver laurel leaf. .

↑ Sports honor (archive) gerlingen.de. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Schretzmann, Beate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German disabled athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Beate Schretzmann International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

[2] Nothing is impossible. In: Die Welt, August 20, 1996. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

[3] Paralympics over. a.rhein-zeitung.de. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

[4] Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V. VIBSS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1992, with the silver laurel leaf. .