Manuela Schmermund
Manuela Schmermund 
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| birthday | December 30, 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Mengshausen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| job | Administrative specialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| society | SGi Mengshausen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manuela Schmermund (born December 30, 1971 in Mengshausen ) is a German sports shooter . Schmermund is active in the upper league and looks after the offspring of her home club Schützengilde Mengshausen in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in Hesse .
Sporting successes
Schmermund started shooting at the age of 11. In a traffic accident on January 23rd, 1992, she was paraplegic . In September 1998 Schmermund came into contact with the German national handicapped team in the field of sport shooting and in 1999 she qualified for the Paralympics 2000 in Sydney .
She has participated in five Paralympic Games : the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens , the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro .
- In 2000 in Sydney she reached the finals twice, with 8th place in the small caliber - three position fight and 10th place in the air rifle - standing.
- In 2004 in Athens she won the gold medal in the air rifle and the bronze medal in the small-bore three-position battle.
- In 2008 in Beijing she won the silver medal with the air rifle and achieved 6th place in the small-bore three-position battle.
- In 2012 in London she again won a silver medal with the air rifle and this time 5th place in the small bore three-position battle.
- In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, she again achieved 5th place in the small-bore three-position battle.
In 2001 and 2005 she was European champion with the air rifle (40 shots standing), and in 2003 and 2005 she was European champion in small-bore three-position combat.
In 2006, she was elected Sports Marksman of the Year 2005 in Germany, the first physically disabled athlete to win this award.
From 2003 to 2012 she won a total of eight German championships with the air rifle or the small-bore sport rifle.
In 2010 she became world champion in the air rifle falling target discipline in Zagreb . In 2011 she won the IPC World Cup in Fort Benning (USA) both in the women's singles and in the team competition in the small-bore three-position competition.
Awards
- 2006: "Sports shooter of the year 2005"
- 2009: "Sports shooter of the year 2008"
Web links
- http://www.dbs-npc.de/tl_files/daten/leistungssport/paralympics/2016/topteam/Schmermund-Manuela.pdf
- Website by Manuela Schermund
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sebastian Dalkowski: "German women power in Athens". RP Online , September 19, 2004, accessed February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ "Manuela SCHMERMUND wins silver - 1st German medal - country congratulates". Osthessen-News, September 7, 2008, accessed on February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ "MADNESS! Manuela SCHMERMUND wins silver at the Paralympics ”. Osthessen-News, August 30, 2012, accessed on February 16, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Schmermund, Manuela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports shooter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mengshausen |