Niels Grunenberg

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Niels Grunenberg (born March 30, 1975 in Berlin ) is a German disabled athlete.

Career

Niels Grunenberg was born on March 30, 1975 in Berlin. Despite his severe disability ( paraplegia ), he devoted himself to the PSC Berlin the competitive sports in the discipline breaststroke . His parade route was the 100 m breaststroke.

Soon his performance was so good that he could become a member of the German national team . At the European Championships in 2011, he reached 2nd place and was thus European champion. In 2010 he had already achieved 2nd place in the SB 5 performance group at the World Championships.

Since 2008 he has participated in Paralympic Games . In 2008 he reached the 4th place. The high point of his career was the 2012 Paralympic Games in London , where he won a silver medal in the 100 m chest course .

For this success, he and all German medalists of the Paralympic Summer Games 2012 received the Silver Laurel Leaf on November 1, 2012 .

Niels Grunenberg campaigned privately for the needs of the disabled: together with Tim Zeelen, a member of the Berlin House of Representatives, he successfully launched the initiative to make access to a post office accessible for disabled people. As a result of this initiative, the Post set up an elevator for the disabled and thus enabled barrier-free access to the post.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Disabled Sports Association: Niels Grunenberg - German Paralympic Team. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ DSB Top Team (communication)
  3. ^ Message from the German Paralympic Society: We for Germany
  4. ^ Communication from the DRV dated November 7, 2012
  5. ↑ Berlin Week of November 29, 2016: Post has a stairlift due to the initiative of Abg. Zeelen and furnished by Niels Grunenberg
personal data
SURNAME Grunenberg, Niels
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German disabled athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin