Siegmund Hegeholz
Siegmund Hegeholz (born May 9, 1959 ) is a German disabled athlete .
Athletic career
Siegmund (Siggi) Hegeholz grew up in the GDR . Despite his severe visual impairment (he is almost blind), he did competitive sports in various disciplines of athletics from his youth . He was particularly successful in the javelin throw , as well as in the disciplines pentathlon , triple jump , shot put , relay race and discus throw . It was already used internationally during the GDR era and won two gold medals in the F 11 performance group at the 1984 Paralympic Summer Games , in the triple jump and in the pentathlon.
After the reunification of Germany, he was a member of the German national team and successfully participated in both world championships and Paralympic summer games.
Medals
World Championships for the Disabled
- 1990: 2 gold medals (javelin throw, 4 x 100 m relay), 2 silver medals (discus, shot put)
- 1994, 1998, 1999, 2006 silver medals in javelin throw
Paralympic Games
- 1992 : 1 gold medal (javelin throw)
- 2000 : 2 gold medals (javelin, pentathlon)
- 2004 : 1 silver medal (javelin throw).
Awards
- 1993 Award of the silver bay leaf
- 2002 Awarded the Lower Saxony Sports Medal
- 2011 Admission to the Hall of Fame of Sports in Lower Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paralympics. Beijing 2008 team magazine. DBS, p. 36. (PDF). Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ↑ Schaumburger Zeitung of September 9, 2006 ... Siggi Hegeholz takes silver at the World Championships ...
- ↑ Federal President's Office: Awarding the Silver Laurel Leaf to the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games
- ^ Siegmund Hegeholz. Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History . Retrieved February 14, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hegeholz, Siegmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German disabled athlete (athletics) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1959 |