Léon Schäfer

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Léon Schäfer
Léon Schäfer (2017)

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 13th June 1997 (age 23)
place of birth Großburgwedel , Germany
job High school graduate
Career
discipline Sprint , long jump , high jump
society TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Trainer Roman Fricke / Sara Grädtke
status active
Medal table
Paralympics 0 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IPC world championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IPC European Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IWAS Under 23 World Games 6 × gold 8 × silver 4 × bronze
Int. German championships 2 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
IPC logo (2004-2019) .svg World Championships for the Disabled
gold 2017 London 4 × 100 m
IWAS U23 World Games
gold 2012 Olomouc Long jump
silver 2012 Olomouc 100 m
gold 2013 Mayaguez high jump
silver 2013 Mayaguez Long jump
bronze 2013 Mayaguez 100 m and 200 m
gold 2014 Stoke Mandeville high jump
silver 2014 Stoke Mandeville Long jump
bronze 2014 Stoke Mandeville 100 m and 200 m
gold 2015 Stadskanaal 200 m
silver 2015 Stadskanaal 100 m, high jump, long jump
gold 2016 Prague 100 m and 200 m
silver 2016 Prague High and long jump
Int. German championships
gold 2013 Berlin High and long jump
silver 2013 Berlin 100 m and 4 × 100 m
last change: November 25, 2017

Léon Schäfer (born June 13, 1997 in Großburgwedel , Lower Saxony ) is a German athlete in the T42 starting class who specializes in sprints , high and long jumps.

career path

Schäfer attended school on Waller Ring , then moved to the Walle school center , where he graduated from high school in 2016 . Sports management interests him.

Athletic career

Schäfer grew up in Lilienthal and Gröpelingen and played football at the DFB base in Bremen when he was 12 . In 2010 he was diagnosed with "bone cancer" . As a result, his right lower leg and knee were amputated at the University Hospital in Münster in order to put a safe stop to the aggressive disease. During the rehab at the Bremen-Mitte Clinic , he had one wish as a patient and he wished to meet a Paralympic athlete. He was so impressed by these meetings that he decided to take up athletics.

Since 2012, Schäfer has been on the podium and winning titles internationally in his disciplines of high jump, long jump and sprint over 100 and 200 meters . In 2013 he set a high jump world record at the Junior World Championships in Puerto Rico with a height of 1.65 m. In 2015, Schäfer achieved 4th place in the long jump in his first participation in the adult class at the IPC World Championships . In 2016 he was nominated for the Paralympic Games . With personal bests, Schäfer came fourth in the long jump with 6.06 m and in 7th place in the 100-meter run in 13.16 s.

In July 2017, Léon Schäfer won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the World Championships in Athletics for the disabled in London after the US team was disqualified. Together with Tom Malutedi , Markus Rehm and Johannes Floors , he was awarded the Disabled Sports Team of the Year 2017 and he himself was named the young disabled athlete.

Léon Schäfer has been with TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 2011 and has been sponsored by Sporthilfe since 2012. He competes in the T42 starting class as an athlete with a thigh amputation .

Honors

Personal best

As of September 20, 2016

  • 60 m: 8.75 s
  • 100 m: 13.16 s
  • 200 m: 27.08 s
  • Long jump: 6.06 m
  • High jump: 1.66 m
  • High jump: 1.70 m (German indoor record)

successes

national
  • 2013: International German Champion (high and long jump)
  • 2013: International German runner-up (100 m and 4 × 100 m)
  • 2013: 4th place international German championships (200 m)
international

Web links

Commons : Léon Schäfer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ formerly Mezzi
  2. ↑ were called IWAS World Junior Games until 2015
  3. ↑ a b c d The current story: Léon, the athlete , on: sportstiftung-nrw.de, from March 1, 2015, accessed October 16, 2016
  4. ↑ Klaas Mucke: Paralympics for the disabled , on: weser-kurier.de, October 19, 2013, accessed October 16, 2016
  5. ↑ a b Leon Schäfer is Newcomer of the Year ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Disabled Sports, at: tsvbayer04.de, December 12, 2014, accessed October 16, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tsvbayer04.de
  6. ↑ Essener Malutedi wins gold with the relay. In: waz.de. July 25, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Para-WM: Sprint relay wins gold after disqualification of the USA. In: freenet.de. January 1, 1970. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Niko Kappel voted "Disabled Sportsman of the Year". In: Leichtathletik.de. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Disabled sports young elite athletes ( memento of the original from October 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , from: sporthilfe.de, accessed October 17, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sporthilfe.de
  10. ↑ FELIX Award 2019 | The state portal Wir in NRW. December 13, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Léon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shepherd, Leon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Großburgwedel