Sandra Graf

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Sandra Graf at the 2011 London Marathon

Sandra Graf (born December 9, 1969 ) is a Swiss athlete in the racing wheelchair discipline and multiple participant in the Paralympic Summer Games .

Life

Graf's sporting activities - she went skiing - began in her childhood. As a teenager she became a member of the Teufen gymnastics club . Here she devoted herself to athletics, competed in large field gymnastics and gave swimming lessons. She also met her future husband at the Teufen gymnastics club. In 1991 there was a sudden turning point in Graf's life. While doing gymnastics from the rings, she fell with her back on the floor, broke her spine between the eleventh and twelfth thoracic vertebrae and suffered a contusion of the spinal cord . After her accident, Graf was immediately taken to the St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital and operated on. The next day she was transferred to the Swiss Paraplegic Center in Nottwil. Already during her rehabilitation she began to do sports again and took a monoski course. Athletics, however, exerted a particular attraction on her, so that Graf began training in the racing wheelchair about a year after her accident . In 1995 she took part in an international marathon for the first time.

After the birth of her second daughter in 1997, she intensified her training in order to take part in the Paralympic Games. Graf finally represented Switzerland in 2000 in Sydney , 2004 in Athens , 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London. There she won the bronze medal in the marathon and the gold medal in the individual time trial in cycling.

Graf is married and has two daughters. She lives in Gais .

successes

2000
  • Berlin Marathon : 1st place
  • Summer Paralympics in Sydney: 5th place in the marathon
2001
2002
  • World Championships in Lille :
    • 3rd place in the marathon
    • 3rd place in 5000 m
2003
  • European Championships in Assen :
    • 2nd place in 800 m
    • 2nd place in 1500 m
2004
  • Boston Marathon: 3rd place
  • New York Marathon : 2nd place
  • Summer Paralympics in Athens:
    • 5th place in the marathon
    • 6th place in 5000 m
    • 10th place in 1500 m
2005
  • Berlin Marathon: 2nd place
  • New York Marathon: 6th place
  • Oensingen Marathon: 2nd place
  • European Championships in Brussels :
    • 2nd place in 800 m
    • 2nd place in 1500 m
    • 2nd place in 5000 m
    • 2nd place in the marathon
2006
  • Schenkon marathon: 2nd place
  • New York Marathon: 5th place
  • World Championships in Assen:
    • 2nd place in 5000 m
    • 2nd place in the marathon
2007
  • Boston Marathon: 3rd place
  • Swiss champion over 400/800/1500/5000 m
  • International marathon Oensingen: 2nd place
  • World Championships in Osaka: 9th place
  • IWAS World Games:
    • 5th place in 400 m
    • 3rd place in 800 m
    • 2nd place in 1500 m
2008
  • Schenkon marathon: 2nd place
  • Padua Marathon : 1st place (world record with 1:35:63 h)
  • London Marathon : 1st place
  • Half marathon Lisbon: 1st place with 50:11 min (world record)
  • Summer Paralympics in Beijing:
    • 3rd place in the marathon
    • 6th place in 1500 m
    • 5th place in 5000 m
  • Oita marathon: 2nd place
2009
  • London Marathon: 2nd place
  • Oensingen Marathon: 1st place
  • Berlin Marathon: 1st place (course record with 1:39:31 h)
2010
  • Paris Marathon: 1st place
  • London Marathon: 2nd place
  • Swiss championships:
    • 1st place in 400 m
    • 1st place in 800 m
    • 1st place in 5000 m
    • 2nd place in 1500 m
  • Handbike World Championship in Canada :
    • 2nd place in the individual time trial
    • 2nd place in the road race
  • Berlin Marathon: 2nd place
  • Oita marathon: 2nd place
  • New York Marathon: 5th place
2011
  • Oita marathon: 1st place
  • Berlin Marathon: 2nd place
  • London Marathon: 3rd place
  • Paris Marathon: 2nd place
2012
  • Summer Paralympics in London:
    • 1st place in the handbike individual time trial
    • 5th place in the handbike street race
    • 3rd place in the marathon
    • 11th place in 5000 m
  • London Marathon: 7th place
  • Paris Marathon: 2nd place
2013
  • Boston Marathon: 2nd place
  • London Marathon: 3rd place
  • Oita marathon: 3rd place
  • Oensingen Marathon: 2nd place
2015
  • New York City Marathon: 3rd place
  • London Marathon: 4th place
  • Boston Marathon: 5th place
2016
  • Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro:
    • 8th place in the handbike individual time trial
    • 7th place in the handbike street race
  • Chicago Marathon: 6th place
  • London Marathon: 8th place
2017
2018
2019

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personal data
SURNAME Graf, Sandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 9th December 1969