Martin Schulz (triathlete)

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Martin Schulz athletics
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 17th March 1990 (age 30)
place of birth Oschatz , GDR
Career
society SC DHfK Leipzig
Trainer Tom Kosmehl
Medal table
IPC logo (2004-2019) .svg Paralympic Games
gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paratriathlon sprint

Martin Schulz (born March 17, 1990 in Oschatz ) is a German triathlete , world and European champion and gold medalist in the sprint triathlon at the 2016 Paralympics .

Career

Martin Schulz was born with a missing left forearm. He came to swimming at the age of six and from there later to triathlon. At the age of 14 he went to the sports boarding school in Leipzig.

In 2013 he became European champion in the TRI-4 class in Turkey (starting class PT4: a supporting bracket on the bike and no other technical aids) and he was able to successfully defend this success five times in a row until 2016.

The athlete, who starts for the club SC DHfK Leipzig, was the first triathlete to achieve the hat-trick with gold at the World and European Championships as well as the Paralympics in 2016.

He is trained by Tom Kosmehl . After London 2012 this was his second participation in the Paralympics.

He completed two training courses, as an office clerk and a sports and fitness clerk.

Sporting successes

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Sep 10 2016 1 Summer Paralympics 2016 BrazilBrazil Rio de Janeiro 01:02:37 in class PT4
23rd July 2016 1 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships NetherlandsNetherlands Rotterdam 01:01:25 World champion in class PT4
May 26, 2016 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships PortugalPortugal Lisbon 00:59:54 European champion in class PT4
July 10, 2015 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva 00:57:27 European champion in class PT4
June 28, 2015 19th DTU German Championship Triathlon GermanyGermany Dusseldorf 00:56:24 German triathlon championship on the sprint distance (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running)
20th June 2014 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships AustriaAustria Kitzbühel 00:59:56 European champion in class PT4
20th July 2013 1 DTU German Championship Paratriathlon GermanyGermany Hamburg 00:59:27 German master in class TRI-4
14th of June 2013 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships TurkeyTurkey Alanya 01:00:44 European champion in class TRI-4
Apr 22, 2012 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships IsraelIsrael Eilat 01:00:20 European champion in class TRI-4

(DNF - Did Not Finish ; LAP - Rounded)

Web links

  • Profile and results of Martin Schulz (triathlete) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 20, 2017 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Paralympic Team - portrait of Martin Schulz
  2. ↑ Martin Schulz: One-armed - but damn fast! (September 10, 2016)
  3. ↑ Schulz wins gold in triathlon (September 10, 2016)
  4. ↑ Martin Schulz wins first triathlon gold at Paralympics (September 11, 2016)
  5. ↑ Schulz, Scheil and Low bring German team gold rain (September 11, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Oschatz