Siegmund Mainka

Siegmund (Siggi) Mainka (born July 4, 1968 in Hindenburg ) is a German disabled athlete . His greatest success was winning the three-keel boat sailing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics .

Life

Sigmund Manka was born in Hindenburg, Silesia. In his youth he practiced judo, wrestling and weightlifting. At the age of 18, both legs were amputated on his thigh after an accident .

After his accident, he began to play wheelchair basketball . When his sports group broke up, he played wheelchair badminton integrative sports club SVB Reken . In badminton he is multiple German champion in singles, mixed and doubles. He started sailing in 2006 through badminton and the team sport rowing. He's a crew member . He starts for the yacht club Berlin-Grünau .

In 2012 he was honored with the silver bay leaf for his successes.

He has lived in Borken since 1995 and is an industrial clerk by profession. He is married and has a daughter.

successes

Since the Summer Paralympics 2000 , the three- seater keelboat in the Sonar boat class has been a competition in sailing . At the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008 Mainka won the gold medal in a team with Jens Kroker and Robert Prem and four years later the silver medal in the same team in London .

He and his team are currently preparing for the 2016 Paralympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, which according to current planning will be the last time that sailing competitions will be held.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} German Sailing Team German national sailing team. Retrieved on July 2, 2019 (German). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Paralympics winner Siegmund Mainka trains in the Benediktushof for London ( Memento from May 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Sportland NRW: Welcome. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . 
4. ↑ www.bundespraesident.de: The Federal President / Travel and Dates / Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf. Retrieved July 2, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Yachtclub Berlin-Grünau eV - the address for success in sailing. Retrieved on July 2, 2019 (German).