Verena Schott (born 6 March 1989) is a German paraswimmer and Paralympic medal winner.
Biography[edit]
Schott was born in 1989 in Greifswald. At the age of three, she and her family moved to Bennewitz, Saxony; when she was eight, she took up swimming and joined a swimming club in nearby Wurzen. In 2002, she was severely injured riding her bicycle when a van hit her while overtaking. This left her with incomplete paraplegia and she now uses a wheelchair.[1] She competes in the S7, SM6 and SB5 classifications.[2]
In 2010 Schott left the club in Leipzig where she had been training when she moved to Berlin to study biology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. There she began training with Matthias Ulm at Berlin's Paralympic Sport Club (PSC Berlin).[1][3] She had a son, Lean, in June 2011.[3]
Schott competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships where she won silver medals in the SB5 100 m breaststroke and SM6 200 m individual medley.[2][3] At the London 2012 Paralympics she reached the finals in four disciplines and won the silver medal in the SM6 200 m medley, coming second to Ellie Simmonds,[4] who posted a world record time.[5] At the 2013 World Championships she again came second in the 200 m medley, as well as winning bronze in the 100 m breaststroke.[2]
Schott was at the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships in 2019 in London. She competed in the 100m backstroke S6 and took gold beating the world record holder Song Lingling.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Pöls, Matthias (29 August 2012). "Von Bennewitz ins Olympia-Becken". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2014. (search for "Schott")
- ^ a b c "Unsere Athleten für London 2012" (PDF). Sport in Berlin (in German). Landessportbund Berlin. September 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Zwei WM Medaillen für Verena Schott" (in German). Humboldt University of Berlin. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Hope, Nick (3 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Ellie Simmonds wins second gold of Games". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "London 2019: Alice Tai's fourth gold ends Long unbeaten run". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
External links[edit]
- Verena Schott at the International Paralympic Committee
- Verena Schott at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Verena Schott at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)