Hans Lubbering

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Hans Lubbering, born in the 20th century, is a former German disabled athlete .

Career

As a severely disabled person, Hans Lubbering is paraplegic and dependent on a wheelchair . Since he still competitive sports would operate, he tried his hand at various sports to one of his disability to find corresponding matching sport. He first started with wheelchair table tennis . Already with this sport he was appointed to the German national handicapped team, with which he took part in the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg and in doubles with Edmund Weber was third and winner of a bronze medal in performance class 1A. Lubbering also took part in the swimming competition and also won a bronze medal in the backstroke over 25 m in class 1A .

He later changed the sport and began to practice athletics in the short running distances. Here, too, he was so successful that he was once again accepted into the German national disabled sports team. With this team he took part in the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul , where he won five medals in performance class 1A. He won both the 100 m and the 200 m distance and won two gold medals. Then he also won three silver medals in the 400 m, 800 m and 5000 m.

He was also a participant in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona . Here he won a silver medal in the TW1 performance class over 100 m, a bronze medal over 200 m and another silver medal over 400 m.

For winning a medal in 1992, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by the Federal President .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Table Tennis at the Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games, Men's Doubles 1A, FR Germany (FRG), Hans Lubbering and Edmund Weber, In: Paralympics Heidelberg 1972 on the website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) (accessed April 7 2020)
  2. ↑ Results Archive, Heidelberg 1972, Table Tennis, Hans Lubbering and Edmund Weber, In: paralympic.org (English) (accessed April 7, 2020)
  3. ↑ Results Archive, Heidelberg 1972, Backstroke, Hans Lubbering, In: paralympic.org (English) (accessed April 7, 2020)
  4. ↑ a b c Hans Lubbering, Germany, Archery, Results Paralympics 1972, 1988, and 1992, In: paralympic.org (English) (accessed April 7, 2020)
  5. ↑ On June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded handicapped and non-handicapped athletes, namely the medalists of the Olympic Games and the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona, ​​with the silver laurel leaf for the first time in a joint event. In: ordensmuseum.de (accessed April 7, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Lubbering, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lubbering, Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German disabled athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century