Athletes from Germany have taken part in most of the modern Olympic Games held since 1896. Germany has hosted three Olympic Games, in 1936 both the Winter and Summer Games, and the 1972 Summer Olympics. In addition, Germany had been selected to host the 1916 Summer Olympics as well as the 1940 Winter Olympics, both of which had to be cancelled due to World Wars. After these wars, Germany was banned from participating in the 1920, 1924 and 1948 Olympics.
Holger Nikelis is a German table tennis player. He won a gold medal in the singles event and a bronze in the team event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has also won other medals and championships in disabled table tennis. He was world number one in his category in September 2013.
Maria Seifert is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.
Reinhold Bötzel is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F46 high jump and long jump events.
Events in the year 1992 in Germany.
Katie-Maree Umback is an Australian para-equestrian who represented her country at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt is a German para-track and field athlete. She is a T12/F12 classification athlete meaning that she has limited vision and she runs with the aid of a sighted guide. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump. She won a bronze medal in the 100 metres with a personal best of 11.99 seconds. She runs with Noel Philippe Fiener.
Anja Wicker is a German disabled cross-country skier and biathlete. She represented Germany at the 2014 Winter Paralympics claiming a gold and a silver medal in the biathlon events. She also represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Nicole Nicoleitzik is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in sprint and long jump events.
Elke Philipp is a German Paralympic equestrian.
Katharina Krüger is a German wheelchair tennis player who competes in international level events. In the singles she is a three-time quarterfinalist in the Australian Open and four-time quarterfinalist in the French Open. She has participated at three Summer Paralympic Games and reached the second round in the singles' events. In the doubles she was a runner-up in the 2009 Australian Open where she partnered with Agnieszka Wysocka and lost to Korie Homan and Esther Vergeer in the final. Krüger has used a wheelchair from an early age as she was born with spina bifida.
Anke Molkenthin is a German adaptive rower and paracanoeist who competes in international level events.
Daniel Simon is a German Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He is a World champion and triple European bronze medalist, he has competed at the Paralympic Games three times.
Christoph Burkard is a retired German Paralympic swimmer who specialises in freestyle swimming and breaststroke and he competes in international level events. He is a four time World medalist, Paralympic champion and a European bronze medalist. He was born without his lower legs.
Maike Hausberger is a German Paralympic cyclist who competes in international elite competitions, she is also a former Paralympic athlete and triathlete. Hausberger switched to cycling in 2017 because of sporting injuries in her track and field career.
Steffen Warias is a para-cyclist from Germany. He won medals in cycling at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics. He is set to compete in Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Tobias Pollap is a German Paralympic swimmer who competes in international elite competitions. He is a three-time World medalist and an eight-time European medalist. He has also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Germany competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.
Emely Telle is a German former Paralympic swimmer who competed at international swimming competitions. She is a two-time World silver medalist and European silver medalist in the breaststroke. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics where she finished in eighth and ninth place in the 50m freestyle S12 and 100m breaststroke SB13 respectively.
Nele Moos is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in long jump and sprinting events at international track and field competitions. She is a World bronze medalist and World junior silver medalist, she has competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 100 metres and 400 metres but did not medal in her events.
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