Manuela Schär
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.jpg) Schär competing in the 2017 London Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
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| Birth name | Manuela Schär |
| Born | 5 December 1984 |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Disability | Spinal cord injury |
| Disability class | T54 |
| Coached by | Claudio Perret |
Medal record | |
Manuela Schär (born 5 December 1984) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. She has used a wheelchair since the age of 8, when a playground accident paralysed her from the waist down.[1]
Career
Schär competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres – T54 event, bronze in the women's 100 metres – T54 event and finished sixth in the women's 400 metres – T54 event. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, she won bronze in the women's 200 metres – T54 event, finishing fourth in the 100 metres and sixth again in the women's 400 metres. She competed again in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where her best results were two fifth places.
In 2017, she won the Women's Wheelchair category of the 121st Boston Marathon and the 37th London Marathon. In 2018, she won the Women's Wheelchair category of the 2018 Chicago Marathon and the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon. In 2019, she won the 123rd Boston Marathon and the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon.[2]
In 2021, she won the women's wheelchair race at the 2021 Berlin Marathon, the 2021 London Marathon and the 2021 Boston Marathon.
In 2022, she won the women's wheelchair race at the 2022 Boston Marathon.
References
- ^ "Manuela Schär".
- ^ "2019 New York City Marathon Results". NBC Sports. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- Manuela Schär at the International Paralympic Committee
- Manuela Schär's home page (in German)
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