Roger Habsch
Appearance
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Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Verviers, Belgium | 5 January 1979|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T51 | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||
Club | RFC Liege | |||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Pascal Henkinbrant | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roger Habsch (born 5 January 1979) is a Belgian para-athlete who specializes in sprints. He represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career
Habsch represented Belgium in the men's 100 metres T51 and 200 metres T51 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in both.[2] Shortly before the 100 metres race, his chair was found damaged in a suspected act of sabotage.[3]
References
- ^ "Roger Habsch". paralympic.org. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Roger Habsch". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Sullivan, Becky (4 September 2021). "His Wheelchair Was Found Damaged Before The Race. Then He Set A Paralympic Record". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Verviers
- Paralympic athletes of Belgium
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Liège Province
- African Paralympic medalist stubs
- Tunisian sportspeople stubs