Geert Schipper is a Dutch

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

paratriathlete. He participated at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in the

paratriathlon Para triathlon is a variant of the triathlon for athletes with a physical disability. The sport is governed by World Triathlon (TRI) (formerly known as ITU), and was first held as a Paralympic event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, ...

competition, being awarded the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

in the men's PT1 event. Schipper also participated at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

in the

competition.

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External links

Paralympic Games profile
Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Dutch male triathletes Paratriathletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paratriathletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in paratriathlon Paratriathletes of the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Paralympic-medalist-stub