Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
competed at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...
in
Beijing
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German competitors took part in
table tennis
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and
sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...
"National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition"
, International Association for Disabled Sailing, July 16, 2008 events, among others.
Medallists
Archery
5 competitors:
;Men
;Women
Athletics
Men
;Pentathlon
Women
Cycling
Men's track
;Pursuit
;Sprint
;Time trial
Men's road
Women's track
;Pursuit
;Time trial
Women's road
Equestrian
;Individual
;Team
'#' denotes scores that did not count toward the team total.
Goalball
6 competitors:
Women
* Natalie Ball
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Background
Born in Portland, Oregon, Ball is enrolled in the Klamath Tribes. She is also of African-American, Modoc, and Anglo-American descent ...
* Conny Dietz
* Ina Fischer
* Christiane Möller
* Swetlana Otto
* Stefanie Schindler
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;Group table
Judo
Men
Women
Powerlifting
Rowing
Sailing
CAN - Race cancelled
Shooting
Men
Women
Swimming
Men
Women
Table Tennis
Men
Women
Wheelchair Basketball
;Men
* André Bienek
* Lars Christink
* Ahmet Coskun
* Florian Fischer
* Dirk Köhler-Lenz
* Andreas Kreß
* Lars Lehmann
* Björn Lohmann
* Dirk Passiwan
* Mimoun Quali
* Jens Schürmann
* Sebastian Wolk
;Preliminary round - Group A
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;5th place game
;Women
* Alke Behrens
* Maren Butterbrodt
* Annette Kahl
* Britta Kautz
* Simone Kues
Simone Kues (born 8 November 1976) is a German 1.0 point national wheelchair basketball player who plays in the wheelchair basketball league for Hamburg SV. She joined the national team, and participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athen ...
* Birgit Meitner
* Marina Mohnen
* Edina Müller
Edina Müller (born 28 June 1983) is a German 2.5 point wheelchair basketball player and KL1 canoeist. She played for ASV Bonn in the German wheelchair basketball league, and for the national team. As part of the German women's national whee ...
* Nora Schratz
* Gesche Schünemann
Gesche Schünemann (born 18 November 1982) is a German former wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian who was part of the team that took the silver medal in the women's wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and t ...
* Nicole Seifert
* Annika Zeyen
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Annika Zeyen (born 17 February 1985) is a former 1.5-point wheelchair basketball player, who has played for ASV Bonn, RSV Lahn-Dill and BG Baskets Hamburg in the German wheelchair basketball league, and for the University of Alabama in the Un ...
;Preliminary round - Group A
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;Final
Wheelchair Fencing
Wheelchair Rugby
* Maik Baumann
* Christian Götze
* Jörg Holzem
* Salih Köseoglu
* Wolfgang Mayer
* Nacer Menezla
* Oliver Picht
* Micael Schlüter
* Wolfgang Schmitt
* Christoph Werner
* Dirk Wieschendorf
;Preliminary round - Group B
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;Classification match
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;5th place match
Wheelchair Tennis
See also
*Germany at the Paralympics
Germany (GER) participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of nine athletes. The country, since 1949 officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), was until 1990 also called West Germany while the ...
*Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Germany competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, People's Republic of China. A total of 439 athletes were nominated to participate in the Games. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, ''DOS ...
References
External links
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official SiteInternational Paralympic Committee
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008
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