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Born | Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany | 4 June 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S13, SB13, SM13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Breaststroke Medley swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Taliso Engel (born 4 June 2002) is a blind German para swimmer who competes in international elite competitions.
He is a World champion and European champion in the breaststroke. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke SB13 event. [1] [2]
Jessica Tatiana Long is a Russian-born American Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland, who competes in the S8, SB7 and SM8 category events. She has held many world records and competed at six Paralympic Games, winning 30 medals. She has won over 50 world championship medals.
Matthew John Levy, is a retired Australian Paralympic swimmer. At five Paralympic Games from 2004 to 2020, he has won three gold, one silver and six bronze medals.
Blake Cochrane, is a retired Australian Paralympic swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, two gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics, a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and a silver and one bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Grant Patterson is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, his second games, he won a silver and bronze medal. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won two bronze medals.
Charlotte Sarah Henshaw is a British Paralympic full-time athlete across multiple disciplines. Originally a swimmer, she changed to canoeing from 2017, becoming the reigning World champion in the KL2 (five-time) and VL3 (three-time) 200m events. In September 2021, at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, she became a Paralympic champion at her fourth games, winning the Women's KL2 event.
Ricardo Ten Argilés is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer and para-cyclist.
Daniel Pepper is an English Paralympian swimmer. Pepper competes in the S14 disability category in freestyle and breaststroke. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, and in 2010 he won two gold medals at the World Championships in Eindhoven.
Verena Schott is a German paraswimmer and Paralympic medal winner.
Timothy Malcolm Disken, is an Australian paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships and won bronze in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle S9, a silver medal in the men's S9 50m freestyle and a bronze medal in the men's 200m individual medley SM9. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Antonios Tsapatakis is a Greek Paralympic swimmer. He became a T8-9 complete paraplegic after a spinal cord injury due to a motorbike accident in 2006. He competes in 100m breaststroke SB4 classification.
Elena Krawzow is a blind German Paralympic swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle. She has macular degeneration, leaving her with only 3% vision.
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.
Torben Schmidtke is a German Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in freestyle swimming and breaststroke swimming where he has won two Paralympic medals, two World medals and three European medals.
Mathias Uwe Schulze is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put at international elite events. He is a two-time World medalist and a European champion in shot put. He was born without his left hand.
Frank Tinnemeier is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in shot put at international elite events. He is a three-time world medalist and a European champion, who has also competed at the Paralympic Games three times.
Frederike Charlotte Koleiski is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in discus throw and shot put in international elite competitions. She is a World champion in shot put and narrowly missed a medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Merle Marie Menje is a German para-athlete and para cross-country skier who competes in international elite competitions. She is a two-time European champion and was selected to compete 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. Tobias Pollap has also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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.