World Athletics Championships for the Disabled 2017 / Participants (Germany)

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The German Disabled Sports Association (DBS), the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for Germany, initially set up a team of 23 athletes (8 women and 15 men) for the 2017 World Athletics Championships for the disabled . The 2016 Paralympics winner Heinrich Popow , who was injured on the television show “Let's dance”, and Birgit Kober could not take part. Shortly before departure, Frances Herrmann and Felix Streng, two other medal winners at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, were injured and Tom Malutedi was nominated as a substitute runner for the relay. David Behre injured himself on site before his first competition. The now 21-strong squad won 22 medals.

The debutants were racing wheelchair drivers Annika Zeyen and David Scherer . At 19, Lindy Ave was the youngest participant. The Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia (BRSNW) made up over half of the German team with 13 athletes.

Results

Because of the run-up, the long jump was reclassified from 'F' to 'T'.

Women

Athletes	competition	Pre-run / pre-fight		Semifinals		final
		Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank
Katrin Müller-Rottgardt Guide: Noel-Philippe Fiener	100 m T12	11.99 s PB	1	-		12.04 s
Lindy Ave	100 m T38	-				13.16 s PB
Irmgard Bensusan	100 m T44	13.40 s	2	-		13.35 s	4th
Katrin Müller-Rottgardt Guide: Noel-Philippe Fiener	200 m T12	-				24.82 s SB	2
Lindy Ave	200 m T38	-				27.02 s PB
Irmgard Bensusan	200 m T44	27.50 s	1	-		27.13 s CR
Irmgard Bensusan	400 m T44	-				1: 02.33 min
Annika Zeyen	200 m racing wheelchair T54	-				33.15 s	8th
Annika Zeyen	400 m racing wheelchair T54	59.86 s	7th	-		not qualified	11
Annika Zeyen	800 m racing wheelchair T54	1: 56.49 min	5	-		not qualified	11
Annika Zeyen	1500 m racing wheelchair T54	3: 31.52 min	7th	-		not qualified	14th
Annika Zeyen	5000 m racing wheelchair T54	-				12: 38.25 min	9
Katrin Müller-Rottgardt	Long jump T12	-				5.20 m	4th
Lindy Ave	Long jump T38	-				4.57 m PB	4th
Juliane Mogge	Shot put F36	-				9.44 m
Frederike Koleiski	Shot put F44	-				11.53 m
Frederike Koleiski	Discus throw F44	-				32.69 s PB	4th
Martina Willing	Javelin throw F56	-				20.57 m

Men

Athletes	competition	Pre-run / pre-fight		Semifinals		final
		Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank
Thomas Ulbricht	100 m T12	11.52	4th	not qualified	-	-	-
Léon Schäfer	100 m T42	12.48 s PB	2	-		12.43 s PB	4th
Johannes Floors	100 m T43	10.89 s	2	-		10.89 s
Léon Schäfer	200 m T42	-				25.14 s PB	5
Johannes Floors	200 m T43	-				21.50 s CR
Johannes Floors	400 m T43	-				46.67 s CR
David Scherer	100 m racing wheelchair T54	15.11 s	6th	-		not qualified	11
Marc shoe	100 m racing wheelchair T54	14.76 s	3	-		14.66 s SB	6th
David Scherer	200 m racing wheelchair T54	27.05 s	6th	-		not qualified	13
Marc shoe	200 m racing wheelchair T54	25.37 s	2	-		25.37 s	5
Marc shoe	400 m racing wheelchair T54	47.49 s	3	-		47.83 s	7th
Alhassane Baldé	800 m racing wheelchair T54	1: 38.88 min	4th	-		not qualified	16
Alhassane Baldé	1500 m racing wheelchair T54	3: 20.37 min	3	-		3: 04.61 min
Alhassane Baldé	5000 m racing wheelchair T54	11: 07.43 min	2	-		11: 11.92 min
Tom Malutedi , Léon Schäfer , Markus Rehm , Johannes Floors	4 × 100 m T42-47	-				42.81 s
Léon Schäfer	Long jump T42	-				6.25 m
Markus Rehm	Long jump T44	-				8.00 m
Daniel Scheil	Shot put F33	-				10.36 m
Sebastian Dietz	Shot put F36	-				15.28 m CR
Niko Kappel	Shot put F41	-				13.81 m
Frank Tinnemeier	Shot put F42	-				13.87 m
Mathias Schulze	Shot put F46	-				15.31 m PB
Daniel Scheil	Discus throw F34	-				24.84 m	9
Mathias Schulze	Discus throw F46	-				45.87 m SB	5
Thomas Ulbricht	Javelin throw F13	-				50.59 m PB	6th
Mathias Mester	Javelin throw F41	-				40.54 m AR

Web links

• Homepage of the German Disabled Sports Association - National Paralympic Committee Germany
• Germany in NPCs List
• Official Results Book (pdf 32.5 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} With seven Paralympics winners from 2016 to London , on: bsbrandenburg.de, July 6, 2017, accessed November 22, 2019
2. ↑ Athletics World Championships: Streng and Herrmann are canceled, on: dbs-npc.de, from July 10, 2017, accessed November 20, 2019
3. ↑ Wilhelm Seibert: Athletics: 21 athletes get 22 medals , on: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, from July 24, 2017, accessed November 20, 2019
4. ↑ The Paralympic World Athletics Championships in London , at: sportland.nrw, accessed November 22, 2019
5. ↑ Only three starters, no medals awarded.