Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
T63, F63
Further personal information
Occupation
Student
Languages
English, German
Higher education
University of Wuppertal: Germany
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He played American football before his injury. He attended a test weekend for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and decided up Para athletics. "Sport has always been a central part of my life. Already in my active time as a football player I trained five times a week. Immediately after the accident it was clear to me that sport would not work. I'm very grateful for the opportunity now offered to me."
Club / Team
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Leverkusen, GER
Name of coach
Matthias Esser [club], GER, since 2019
General interest
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (nass-transporte.de, 12 Mar 2019)
Impairment
In 2016 he slipped while stepping off a train and fell in the gap between the platform at a station in Casablanca, Morocco. His lower right leg had to be amputated as a result of the incident. (thechampionsmindset.libsyn.com, 01 Apr 2019; nass-transporte.de, 06 Jun 2016)