Manuela Schär

Manuela Schär

Manuela Schär near half way mark of 2019 Boston Marathon in which she won
Personal information
Birth name	Manuela Schär
Born	(1984-12-05) 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 Women's paralympic athletics Representing Switzerland Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 200 m T54 2004 Athens 100 m T54 2008 Beijing 200 m T54 IPC World Championships 2013 Lyon Marathon T54 2013 Lyon 400 m T54 2013 Lyon 800 m T54 2013 Lyon 5000 m T54 2011 Christchurch 200 m T54 2011 Christchurch 400 m T54 IPC European Championships 2014 Swansea 400 m T54 2014 Swansea 800 m T54 2014 Swansea 1500 m T54

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.

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.

References

• Manuela Schär at the International Paralympic Committee
• Manuela Schär at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived) , while 2008 results appear as Manuela Schär at the International Paralympic Committee
• Manuela Schär at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Manuela Schär's home page (in German)