Niko Kappel

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Distinguished Athlete of the Year 2017 Cologne 40.jpg
Niko Kappel - Disabled Athlete of the Year 2017

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 1st March 1995 (age 25)
place of birth Schwäbisch Gmünd
size 140 cm
Weight 67 kg
job Bank clerk
Career
discipline Shot put
Best performance 14.30 m World record
society VFL Sindelfingen , formerly: TSF Welzheim
status active
Medal table
Paralympics 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IPC world championships 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
IPC European Championships 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
IPC logo (2004-2019) .svg Paralympic Games
gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro 13.57 m
IPC logo (2004-2019) .svg World Championships for the Disabled
silver 2015 Doha 12.85 m
gold 2017 London 13.81 m
silver 2019 Dubai 13.87 m
IPC logo (2004-2019) .svg European Championships for the Disabled
silver 2016 Grosseto 13.23 m
silver 2018 Berlin 12.60 m
last change: July 6, 2020

Niko Kappel (* 1. March 1995 in Schwabisch Gmund , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German Disabled Athlete of the start class F41 ( Midget athletes), which refers to the shot put has specialized. His greatest success to date is the gold medal at the Paralympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

career path

Kappel grew up in Welzheim , where he completed an apprenticeship at Volksbank Welzheim .

Athletic career

In 2015, Kappel was runner-up in Doha .

In 2016 he became vice European champion in Grosseto . At the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro , Kappel won gold with a width of 13.57 meters and received the silver laurel leaf from Federal President Joachim Gauck .

In 2017 he became world champion in London with 13.81 meters .

In 2018 Kappel was able to become vice European champion once again with a height of 12.60 meters at the home European championship in Berlin .

In 2019 he hit 13.87 meters in Dubai and became vice world champion again .

2020 Kappel involved to bridge the competitive free time during the Covid-19 pandemic and the shift of the Summer Paralympics 2020 to 2021 at the of Mathias Mester proclaimed Parantänischen Games 2020 , a 14-day series sporty and more fun "competitions" in domestic quarantine . When competitions were allowed again, due to the pandemic, but with official referees, Kappel hit the ball at 14.40 meters at an official competition organized at short notice by the Württemberg Athletics Association in Stuttgart on June 20, 2020. He had exceeded the world record set by Briton Kyron Duke in 2019 by 21 centimeters. However, the impact was not recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), as the competition was only reported in retrospect. Exactly one week later, Kappel catapulted the ball to 14.10 meters in a test competition in Sindelfingen on June 27, 2020. On July 5, 2020, he set an official new world record with 14.30 meters at the throwing meeting in Bad Boll.

Club affiliations

Before Kappel moved to VfL Sindelfingen , he trained at TSF Welzheim .

Honors

  • Awarded Disabled Athlete of the Year on November 26, 2016 .
  • Awarded Disabled Athlete of the Year on November 23, 2017 .

Trivia

Niko Kappel is a member of the CDU parliamentary group in the Welzheim municipal council.

social commitment

Kappel has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the DFL Foundation since 2019 .

successes

international

Web links

Commons : Niko Kappel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Award of the Silver Laurel Leaf by the Federal President, November 1, 2016
  2. ↑ Mathias Mester calls out "Parantänische Spiele 2020" , updates from DBSJugend, on: dbs-npc.de, April 9, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020
  3. ↑ Niko Kappel pulverizes the world record in the shot put , News, on: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, June 21, 2020, accessed July 5, 2020
  4. ↑ Alexandra Dersch: Flash-News of the day - Niko Kappel hits world record in Stuttgart , Notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, from June 22, 2020, accessed June 26, 2020
  5. ↑ Paralympics winner Kappel hits world record , Stuttgart, on: bnn.de, June 21, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020
  6. ↑ Nicolas Walter: Flash News of the Day - Niko Kappel finally breaks the world record , Notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, from July 6, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020
  7. ↑ Holger Schmidt: Jackie Baumann is only two tenths missing from the best time , Sindelfingen, on: Leichtathletik.de, June 28, 2020, accessed July 2, 2020
  8. ↑ Paralympic winner Niko Kappel finally breaks the world record. Südwest Rundfunk, July 5, 2020, accessed on July 5, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Vanessa Low and Niko Kappel awarded FAZ.net, November 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ Niko Kappel elected “Disabled Sportsman of the Year” , award, November 26, 2017, accessed December 2, 2017
  11. ↑ Paralympics - Niko Kappel surprisingly wins gold Stuttgarter Nachrichten, September 9, 2016
  12. ↑ Municipal Council. In: City of Welzheim. Retrieved January 14, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Niko Kappel. DFL Foundation, accessed on January 24, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kappel, Niko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German disabled athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Gmünd