Ingo Geffers
Ingo Geffers (* 1971 in Bremen ) is a former German disabled athlete.
Career
Ingo Geffers is severely disabled. He comes from Syke in Lower Saxony . Despite his disability, he did not want to do without competitive sports. He chose athletics as his sport, which he successfully practiced in running competitions over 100 m, 200 m and 400 m and in pentathlon. He was soon appointed to the German national athletics team, with which he took part in the 1992 Paralympic Summer Games in Barcelona , where he won a silver medal in the 200 m run.
He was also there again at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta . He won a bronze medal over 400 m. As early as 1994 at the World Championships he had won a silver medal, also over 400 m.
It was also used at the 2000 Summer Paralympics . Again he managed to win another bronze medal.
For winning a medal at the Paralympic Summer Games in 1992, like all medal winners, he received the silver laurel leaf from Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker on June 23, 1993 . In 2012 he was also honored by the Vice President of the NISH Wilhelm Köster by being included in the Lower Saxony Honor Portal.
Professional
Ingo Geffers has been a physiotherapist since 2001. He studied sports science at the Technical University of Chemnitz . He completed his studies in 2000 with an exam (Magister). From 2007 to 2013 he also studied osteopathy at the University of Leipzig .
See also
Web links
- Entry on Ingo Geffers in the Hall of Fame / honorary portal of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History
- Karsten Bödeker: Honor for Holger and Ingo Geffers. Special honor for two special athletes. In: Weser courier . January 7, 2012. Accessed February 13, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from September 8, 1992, article World record for a woman from Brandenburg ... the good record of athletics was completed with a silver medal for Ingo Geffers from Syke in Lower Saxony over 200 m in 23:28 sec ...
- ↑ a b German Disabled Sports Association, Ingo Geffers ...
- ↑ Results medals Paralympics 2000
- ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V .: VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties 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 ...
- ↑ Disabled News. Honorary portal of sports in Lower Saxony ... the disabled athletes ... Holger and Ingo Geffers, athletics ...
- ↑ Osteopathie, Ingo Geffers, www.osteopathie-geffers.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geffers, Ingo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German disabled athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |