Jennifer Hess (archer)
Jennifer Heß (born October 5, 1975 ) is a German archer in disabled sports .
Life
Jennifer Hess is married and has three children. In her youth, she was a multiple national swimmer in Schleswig-Holstein and a participant in German championships. Since a riding accident in April 2008, she has been physically disabled due to contusio spinalis (spinal cord contusion ). Looking for an active sporting occupation, she began archery in 2009.
Sporting successes
Jennifer Heß starts in class ARW2 (wheelchair-dependent athletes with full functionality of the arms) of the international classification for archers with a physical disability. She shoots an Olympic recurve bow . In 2010 she played her first tournaments and championships, in 2011 she won the international FITA star tournament in Delmenhorst . Her greatest successes so far are multiple national victories at the championships of the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) indoors and outdoors (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016), internationally 7th place at the world championship of handicapped archers (Para-World Championship) in Donaueschingen 2015, winning the gold medal in the mixed team of two (Recurve Mixed Team) at the Para world ranking tournament in Nove Mesto / CZ 2014 and the silver medal in the Recurve Mixed Team at the Para European Championship in Nottwil / CH 2014. In August 2016 she was 8th in the world rankings (Para Women Recurve). She holds the German records in the DBS indoors and outdoors. She took part in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio , where she finished 17th in singles and 9th in mixed.
society
Their clubs are the Schützenverein Hausbruch Alt- und Neuwiedenthal from 1898 eV and the Geesthacht Schützengesellschaft from 1895 eV
Web links
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- ↑ List of results for the international FITA Stern tournament in Delmenhorst 2011 (PDF; 59 kB)
- ↑ List of results for the German Championship of the DBS in the hall in Bad Blankenburg / Thuringia 2012 (PDF; 20 kB)
- ↑ List of results for the German championship of the DBS outdoors in Könitz / Thuringia 2012 (PDF; 31 kB)
- ↑ List of results for the German Championship of the DBS in the hall in Leverkusen / NRW 2013 (PDF; 27 kB)
- ↑ List of results for the German Open Air Championship of the DBS in Feucht / BY 2013 (PDF; 25 kB)
- ↑ List of results for the German championship of the DBS outdoors in Karlsruhe / BW 2014 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 78 kB)
- ↑ List of results for the German open air championship of the DBS in Reken / NRW 2016 (PDF; 78 kB)
- ^ Result lists of the Para WM in Donaueschingen 2015
- ^ Result lists of the Para WRT in Nove Mesto / CZ 2014
- ^ Result lists of the Para EM in Nottwil / CH 2014
- ↑ World ranking list of the Para Women Recurve in August 2016 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (JPG; 59 kB)
- ↑ DBS records in the hall (as of 2016) (PDF; 284 kB)
- ↑ DBS outdoor records (as of 2016) (PDF; 373 kB)
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SURNAME | Hess, Jennifer |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German disabled athlete in archery |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1975 |