Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Germany)

GER

14th	25th	20th

Germany took the 170 athletes 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The nomination committee of the National Paralympic Committee for Germany named the participants on June 22, 2008 in Hamburg . In addition to the athletes, 106 people accompanied the team, including coaches, doctors and supervisors. The flag bearer when the team moved in was the goalball athlete Conny Dietz .

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Germany
space	sport				total
1	athletics	5	9	7th	21st
2	Cycling	3	6th	4th	13
3	horse riding	3	1	2	6th
4th	swim	1	3	5	9
5	Table tennis	1	2	1	4th
6th	sailing	1	-	-	1
7th	shoot	-	2	-	2
8th	Judo	-	1	1	2
9	Wheelchair basketball	-	1	-	1
Total		14th	25th	20th	59

Medalist

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Katrin Green	athletics	200 m women (T44)
Marianne Buggenhagen	athletics	Discus throw (F54-56) women
Martina Willing	athletics	Javelin Throw (F54 / 55/56) women
Matthias Schröder	athletics	400 m men (T12)
Wojtek Czyz	athletics	Long jump (F42 / 44) men
Andrea Eskau	Cycling	Road race handbike women
Michael Teuber	Cycling	Road Time Trial (LC4) men
Wolfgang Sacher	Cycling	Road Time Trial (LC1) men
Britta Näpel	horse riding	Compulsory single (grade II)
Hannelore Brenner	horse riding	Compulsory single (grade III)
Hannelore Brenner	horse riding	Free Freestyle (Grade III)
Jens Kroker , Robert Prem & Siegmund Mainka	sailing	Three-man keelboat (sonar)
Kirsten Bruhn	swim	100 meters breast (S7) women
Jochen Wollmert	Table tennis	Singles (TT 7) men

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Ramona Brussig	Judo	Lightweight (up to 57 kg) women
Andrea Hegen	athletics	Javelin Throw (F42-46) women
Birgit Pohl	athletics	Shot put (F32-34 / 52/53) women
Claudia Nicoleitzik	athletics	100 m women (T36)
Claudia Nicoleitzik	athletics	200 m women (T36)
Frances Herrmann	athletics	Discus throw (F32-34 / 51-53) women
Heinrich Popow	athletics	100 m (T42) men
Martina Willing	athletics	Shot put (F54-56) women
Mathias Mester	athletics	Shot put (F40) men
Thomas Ulbricht	athletics	Pentathlon (TF12) men
Barbara way	Cycling	Road Mixed Time Trial (CP2) women
Max Weber	Cycling	Road race (HC B) men
Michael Teuber	Cycling	Track single pursuit 3000 m (LC 4) men
Natalie Simanowski	Cycling	Track time trial 500 m (LC3-4 / CP 3) women
Natalie Simanowski	Cycling	Track single pursuit 3000 m (LC3-4 / CP 3) women
Wolfgang Sacher	Cycling	Track single pursuit 4000 m (LC 1) men
Hannelore Brenner , Steffen Zeibig , Britta Näpel & Angelika Trabert	horse riding	Duty team
Alke Behrens , Maren Butterbrodt , Annette Kahl , Britta Kautz , Simone Kues , Birgit Meitner , Marina Mohnen , Edina Müller , Nora Schratz , Gesche Schünemann , Nicole Seifert & Annika Zeyen	Wheelchair basketball	Women
Manuela Schmermund	shoot	Air rifle 10 meters (SH1) women
Norbert Gau	shoot	Air rifle 10 meters (SH1) men
Kirsten Bruhn	swim	100 meters back (S7) women
Maria Gotze	swim	200 meter medley (SM6) women
Thomas Grimm	swim	100 meter chest (SB5) men
Andrea Zimmerer & Monika Sikora-Weinmann	Table tennis	Team (Grades 4-5) Women
Daniel Arnold	Table tennis	Singles (TT 6) men

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Carmen Brussig	Judo	Super light weight (up to 48 kg) women
Astrid Höfte	athletics	Long jump (F44) women
Birgit Pohl	athletics	Javelin Throw (F33 / 34/52/53) women
Maria Seifert	athletics	100 m (T37) women
Maria Seifert	athletics	200 m (T37) women
Marianne Buggenhagen	athletics	Shot put (F54-56) women
Michaela Floeth	athletics	Shot put (F42-46) women
Thomas Loosch	athletics	Shot put (F37 / 38) men
Dorothee Vieth	Cycling	Handbike Time Trial (HCC) women
Dorothee Vieth	Cycling	Road race handbike women
Tobias Graf	Cycling	Track single pursuit 3000 m (class LC3) men
Wolfgang Sacher	Cycling	Track time trial 1000 m (class LC1) men
Bettina Eistel	horse riding	Compulsory single (grade III)
Britta Näpel	horse riding	Free Freestyle (Grade II)
Daniela Schulte	swim	100 meter freestyle (S11) women
Kirsten Bruhn	swim	50 meter freestyle (S7) women
Kirsten Bruhn	swim	100 meter freestyle (S7) women
Kirsten Bruhn	swim	400 meter freestyle (S7) women
Maria Gotze	swim	400 meter freestyle (S6) women
Andrea Zimmerer	Table tennis	Singles (TT 5) women

Participants by sport

Archery

Women

• Maria Droste
• Katharina Schett
• Tanja Schultz

Men

• Michael Arenz
• Mario Oehme

Goalball

Women

• Natalie Ball
• Conny Dietz
• Ina Fischer
• Christiane Möller
• Swetlana Otto
• Stefanie Schindler

Judo

Women

• Carmen Brussig
• Ramona Brussig

(Lightweight (up to 57 kg) women: silver )

Men

• Sebastian Junk
• Matthias Krieger
• Dominik Zilian

athletics

Women

• Claudia Bee
• Marianne Buggenhagen

(Discus throw (F54-56) women: gold )

(Shot put (F54-56) women: bronze )

• Siena Christians
• Laura Darimont
• Michaela Floeth

(Shot put (F42-46) women: bronze )

• Isabelle Foerder
• Katrin Green

(200 m women (T44): gold )

• Andrea Hegen

(Javelin Throw (F42-46) Women: Silver )

• Frances Herrmann

(Discus throw (F32-34 / 51-53) women: silver )

• Astrid Höfte

(Long jump (F44) women: bronze )

• Petra Hömmen
• Annalena Knors
• Katrin Müller-Rottgardt
• Claudia Nicoleitzik
• Birgit Pohl
• Jana Schmidt
• Yvonne Sehmisch
• Maria Seifert

(100 m (T37) women: bronze )

(200 m (T37) women: bronze )

• Tamira Slaby
• Martina Willing

(Shot put (F54-56) women: silver )

Men

• Alhassane Baldé
• Max Bergmann
• Reinhold Boetzel
• Ralph Brunner
• Wojtek Czyz
• Jörg Frischmann
• Ali Ghardooni
• Siegmund Hegeholz
• Ulrich Iser
• Lutz Langer
• Marc Lembeck
• Thomas Loosch
• Mathias Mester
• Heinrich Popow
• Matthias Schmidt
• René Schramm
• Matthias Schröder
• Marc shoe
• Niels Stein
• Frank Tinnemeier
• Jörg Trippen-Hilgers
• Thomas Ulbricht

Powerlifting (bench press)

• Mario Hochberg

  Men, class over 100 kg

Cycling

Women

• Andrea Eskau
• Natalie Simanowski
• Dorothee Vieth
• Barbara way

Men

• Stefan Bäumann
• Torben Broer
• Tobias Graf
• Mario Hammer
• Tobias Knecht
• Norbert Koch
• Klaus Lungershausen
• Norbert Mosandl
• Wolfgang Sacher
• Pierre Senska
• Michael Teuber
• Max Weber
• Erich Winkler

horse riding

Women

• Hannelore Brenner

(Free Freestyle (Grade III): Gold )

(Mandatory single (grade III): gold )

• Bettina Eistel
• Britta Näpel

(Mandatory single (grade II): gold )

• Angelika Trabert

Men

• Steffen Zeibig

Wheelchair basketball

Women Alke Behrens Maren Butterbrodt Annette Kahl Britta Kautz Simone Kues Birgit Meitner Marina Mohnen Edina Mueller Nora Schratz Gesche Schünemann Nicole Seifert Annika Zeyen

Men André Bienek Lars Christink Ahmet Coşkun Florian Fischer Dirk Koehler-Lenz Andreas Kress Lars Lehmann Bjorn Lohmann Dirk Passiwan Mimoun Quali Jens Schürmann Sebastian Wolk

Wheelchair fencing

Men

• Christian Andree

Wheelchair rugby

Men

• Maik Baumann
• Christian Gotze
• Jörg Holzem
• Salih Köseoglu
• Wolfgang Mayer
• Nacer Menezla
• Oliver Picht
• Micael Schlueter
• Wolfgang Schmitt
• Christoph Werner
• Dirk Wieschendorf

Wheelchair tennis

Women

• Katharina Kruger

rowing

Women

• Siglind Koehler
• Susanne Lackner
• Kathrin Wolff

Men

• Marcus Klemp
• Arne Maury (Cox)
• Michael Sauer
• Harald Wimmer

shoot

Women

• Sabine Brogle
• Doris Kustner
• Manuela Schmermund

(Air rifle 10 meters (SH1): silver )

Men

• Michael Brengmann
• Norbert Gau
• Harald Hack
• Frank Heitmeyer
• Manuel Kruger
• Josef Neumaier
• Simon Voit

swim

Women

• Kirsten Bruhn
• Annke Conradi
• Maria Gotze
• Julia Kabus
• Christiane Reppe
• Daniela Schulte
• Stefanie Weinberg

Men

• Christoph Burkard
• Daniel Clausner
• Robert Dörries
• Christian Goldbach
• Thomas Grimm
• Nils Gruneberg
• Sebastian Ivanov
• Lucas Ludwig
• Swen Michaelis
• Florian Moll
• Daniel Simon
• Roy Tobis
• Christoph Weber
• Nikolai Willig

sailing

Men

• Heiko Kroeger
• Jens Kroker
• Siegmund Mainka
• Robert Prem

Table tennis

Women

• Monika Sikora-Weinmann
• Andrea Zimmerer

(Individual (TT 5) women: bronze )

Men

• Daniel Arnold

(Individual (TT 6) men: silver )

• Selcuk Cetin
• Jan Gürtler
• Walter Kilger
• Dietmar Kober
• David Korn
• Holger Nikelis
• Rainer Schmidt
• Otto Vilsmaier
• Jochen Wollmert

(Individual (TT 7) men: gold )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German team nominated for the Paralympics ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Query from the German Disabled Sports Association (as of September 1, 2008) 
2. ^ Paralympics opening: Conny Dietz is allowed to carry the German flag , FAZ.NET, September 4, 2008

Web links

• German Disabled Sports Association