Reinhold Bötzel (born 8 December 1975) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F46 high jump and long jump events.

Biography

Despite competing in the high jump and long jump events at both the

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and

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

it was as part of the German 4 × 100 m rely team in the T46 class in 2000 that Reinhold won his only Paralympic medal, a bronze.

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* * * 1975 births Living people German male high jumpers German male sprinters High jumpers with limb difference Sprinters with limb difference Paralympic high jumpers Paralympic sprinters Paralympic athletes for Germany Paralympic bronze medalists for Germany Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships 21st-century German people {{Germany-Paralympic-medalist-stub