championships

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championships

WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
IPC ASSEN
2 – 10 September 2006
Athlete classifications
Athletes are classified by sporting and medical officials into classes by their
functional ability, not their disability category.
The aim is to ensure that athletes of similar ability compete against one another.
This means that athletes from two different disability categories, such as wheelchair
and cerebral palsy, can be placed in the same functional class for some events (for
example, 100m freestyle swimming) because they have a similar functional ability
for that particular sport.
For some events, such as the marathon, athletes of several different disability
classes compete together. This explains how an athlete who does not win an event
can still claim a world record for their class, and also why some events have more
than one gold medal awarded.
There are several different classes for each category of disability. For example, there
are three different classes for vision-impaired athletes, from complete blindness to
severely restricted sight. Each letter and number combination denotes the sport,
the category of disability and class of competition. The information below explains
the different classes for each sport.
Athletes are classified before major events and at random. An athlete may be moved
into several different classes throughout his or her career, depending on whether or
not their functional ability increases or decreases.
Track classes
T11 B1 athletes.
An athlete in this class will either have no light perception at all in either eye
or may have some light perception but an inability to recognize the shape of
a hand at any distance or in any direction.
T12
B2 athletes
The athlete can recognize the shape of a hand and has the ability to perceive
clearly up to *2/60. The visual field of the athlete is less than five degrees.
*2/60: A person can see at two meters what is normally seen at 60 meters.
T13
B3 athletes.
The athlete can recognize the shape of a hand and the ability to perceive
clearly above 2/60 up to 6/60. The visual field of the athlete varies between
more than 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.
T20
Athletes with an intellectual disability.
T32
CP2 athletes.
Athletes with poor functional strength in arms, legs, and trunk. The athletes
are able to propel a wheelchair. The athletes compete in a wheelchair.
There are no events in class T32. The athletes compete together with athletes
in class T33.
Track and Field
In athletics, competitors from all six disability categories compete: visually impaired;
intellectually disabled; cerebral palsy; amputees; les Autres; and spinal cord injury
athletes competing in wheelchairs.
Therefore, the class nomenclature is structured accordingly:
• Classes 11-13 cover the different levels of vision impairment.
• Class 20 covers intellectually disabled athletes.
• Classes 32-38 cover the different levels of cerebral palsy.
• Classes 42-46 cover the different levels of amputations and other disabilities
(les Autres).
• Classes 51-58 cover the different levels of spinal chord injuries.
The letter "T" marks track events; the letter "F" stands for field events. The lower
the class number, the higher the level of disability; the higher the class number, the
lower the level of disability.
T33
CP3 athletes. T32 athletes (CP2) compete in this class.
The athletes show fair amount of trunk movement when pushing a
wheelchair, but forward trunk movement is often limited during forceful
pushing. Although showing some trunk movement while throwing, motions
are mostly from the arm. The athletes compete in a wheelchair.
T34
CP4 athletes.
The athletes show good functional strength with minimal limitations or
control problems in arms and trunk. The athletes show poor balance. The
athletes compete in wheelchairs.
T35
CP5 athletes.
The athletes have normal static balance, but show problems in dynamic
balance. A slight shift of center of gravity may lead to loss of balance. The
athletes may need an assistance device for walking, but not necessarily
when standing or throwing (in athletics field events). The athletes may have
sufficient function to run on the track.
T36
T37
T38
CP6 athletes.
The athletes do not have the capability to remain still: They show involuntary
cyclic movements and usually all four limbs are affected. The athletes are able
to walk without any assistance. They usually have more control problems
with the arms and they have better leg functions than CP5, especially when
running.
T54
CP7 athletes.
The athletes have uncontrollable muscular spasms in one half of the body.
They have good functional abilities in the dominant side of the body. They
walk without assistance but often with a limp due to uncontrollable muscular
spasms in the leg. While running, the limp may disappear almost totally. Their
dominant side has better development and good follow-through movement
in walking and running. Arm and hand control is affected only on the nondominant side; good functional control is shown on the dominant side.
F12
B2
F13
B3
F20
Athletes with an intellectual disability.
F33
CP3 athletes. T32 athletes (CP2) compete in this class.
The athletes show fair amount of trunk movement when pushing a
wheelchair, but forward trunk movement is often limited during forceful
pushing. Although showing some trunk movement while throwing, motions
are mostly from the arm. The athletes compete in a wheelchair.
F35
CP5 athletes.
The athletes have normal static balance, but show problems in dynamic
balance. A slight shift of center of gravity may lead to loss of balance. The
athletes may need an assistance device for walking, but not necessarily
when standing or throwing (in athletics field events). The athletes may have
sufficient function to run on the track.
F37
CP7 athletes.
The athletes have uncontrollable muscular spasms in one half of the body.
They have good functional abilities in the dominant side of the body. They
walk without assistance but often with a limp due to uncontrollable muscular
spasms in the leg. While running, the limp may disappear almost totally.
Their dominant side has better development and good follow-through
movement in walking and running. Arm and hand control is affected only on
the nondominant side; good functional control is shown on the dominant
side.
F38
CP8 athletes.
The athletes show a minimum of uncontrollable spasm in either one arm,
one leg, or one half of the body. To be eligible, these athletes need to have a
diagnosis of cerebral palsy or other nonprogressive brain damage.
F42
Includes single above-knee amputation, double above-knee amputations,
and athletes with combined arm/leg amputations. It may also include
CP8 athletes.
The athletes show a minimum of uncontrollable spasm in either one arm,
one leg, or one half of the body. To be eligible, these athletes need to have a
diagnosis of cerebral palsy or other nonprogressive brain damage.
Field classes
F11 B1
T/F42 Single above-knee amputation or combined arm/leg amputations.
T43
Double below-knee amputation or combined arm/leg amputations.
T44
Single below-knee amputation or athletes who can walk with moderately
reduced function in one or both legs.
T45
Double above-elbow amputations or double below-elbow amputations.
T46
Single above-elbow amputation, single below-elbow amputation, or athletes
who have normal function in both legs but impairment in the trunk and/or
arms.
T51
Mild weakness in shoulders. Can bend elbows normally but have limited
ability to straighten. Can bend wrists backward but not forward. No
movement in fingers. No trunk or leg function.
T52
Have good shoulder, elbow and wrist function. Have limited finger
movements. No trunk or leg function.
T53
Have normal arm and hand function. Have no or limited trunk function.
Have no leg function.
Have normal arm and hand function. Have a range of trunk function from
some to normal. May have some leg function.
F43
athletes with severe problems when walking, such as impairments in one
leg from polio.
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
Double below-knee amputations or athletes with combined leg/arm
amputations. Athletes may also have normal function in the throwing arm in
association with reduced function in the legs or certain balance problems.
Sunday 3.9.2006
F44
Single below-knee amputation. Athletes with normal function in the throwing
arm and slightly reduced function in the legs or slight balance problems.
F45
Double above-elbow amputations and double below-elbow amputations.
F46
Single above-elbow amputation and single below-elbow amputation. Athletes
may also be ambulatory with normal function in the throwing arm and minimal
trunk or leg disability or reduced function in the nonthrowing arm.
F51
Time
Event
10.55 400m Sprint Women T46
Shoulders and elbows are normal. Usually have good wrist function but
limited finger movement. No trunk or leg function.
F53
Have normal shoulders, elbows, and wrists, with mild limitation of hand
function. No trunk or leg function.
F54
55,99s
Morama Tshotlego,
1981,BOTSWANA
24.09.2004 Athens
F42 28,79m
Vare Marima, 1967,
FINLAND
24.09.2004 Athens
Juan Yao, 1984, CHINA
23.08.2002 Lille
Goudkova Natalia,1974
RUSLAND
24.09.2004 Athens
Adeoye Ajibola, 1981
NIGERIA
06.09.1992 Barcelona
12.27 Medal presentation 400m
Sprint Women T46
14.00 Javelin Women F42-44-46
Mild weakness in shoulders. Can bend elbows normally, but have limited
ability to straighten. Can bend the wrists backward but not forward. No
movement in fingers. No trunk or leg function. Athletes from CP2 compete
in this class.
F52
World Record
F44 39,41m
F46 37,58m
15.40 200m Men T46 heats
21,83s
Have normal arm and hand function. Have no trunk or leg function.
17.05 Medal Presentation Javelin
Women F42-44-46
17.30 Shot Put Men F44
17,47 m
F55
Have normal arm and hand function. In relation to the trunk, can extend the
spine in an upward direction and can rotate the spine. No leg function.
18.15 1500m Men T46
3:58,25 min
F56
Have normal arm and hand function. Can extend the trunk upward, can
rotate, and can move backward and forward in a sitting position. Have some
leg function.
18.30 Javelin Men F42
52,74m
F57
Have normal arm and hand function. Can move the trunk in an upward
direction, can rotate, can move backward and forward, and can move side to
side. Have an increase in leg function in comparison with F56.
F58
Have normal arm and hand function. Have normal trunk function. Have
more leg function than F57.
Source: Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee.
Christiansen Jacky, 1977,
DENMARK
23.08.2005 Espoo
Evans R.d.F AUSTRALIA
22.10.2000 Sydney
Mathiasen Jakob 1971,
DENMARK
22.10.2000 Sydney
Monday 4.9.2006
Tuesday 5.9.2006
Time
Event
10.10
100m Sprint Women T44
heats
13,13s
10.15
heats
do.
10.30
Medal Presentation Shot Put
Men F44
10.42
Medal Presentation Javelin
Men F42
12.25
Discus Men F42
47,85m
Time
Event
Holmes April, 1973, USA
22.09.2004 Athens
10.30
Medal Presentation Long
Jump Men T42-44
do.
10.42
Medal Presentation 4x100m
Relay Men T42-46
12.00
12,49s
Winters Amy, 1978,
AUSTRALIA
29.08.1999, Duderstadt
12.40
100m Sprint Men T44 heats
11,08s
Shirley Marlon, 1978, USA
22.07.2002 Lille / 25.09.2004
Athens
12.45
100m Sprint Men T44 heats
do.
do.
Lombaard Fanie, 1969 South
Africa
24.07.2002 Lille
13.20
400m Men T44
51,24s
Andrews Danny, 1981, USA
23.09.2004 Athens
14.10
200m Sprint Men T46 FINAL 21,83s
Adeoye Ajibola, 1981 NIGERIA
14.15
200m Men T46 FINAL
21,83s
Adeoye Ajibola, 1981 NIGERIA
14.20
200m Sprint Men T42
25,75s
Czyz Wojtek, 1980 GERMANY
25.08.2005 Espoo
14.47
Medal Presentation Discus
Men F42
15.06
Medal presentation 200m
Sprint Men T46
15.46
Medal Presentation 400m
T44
15.18
Medal Presentation 200m
Men T42
16.25
Final
13,13s
22.09.2004 Athens
16.20
16,90s
17.30
Long jump Men T42 -44
F42
6,23m
F44
6,79m
Wojtek Czyz, 1980 GERMANY
27.09.2004 Athens
Marlon Shirley, 1978, USA
23.07.2002 Lille
Roozen Annette, 1976,
NETHERLANDS
20.05.2006 Duderstadt
16.30
Long jump women F44
5,31m
Scherney Andrea,1966
AUSTRIA
Sept. 2005 , Espoo
17.45
400m Men T46 heats
48,46s
Souza Antonio, 1971, BRAZIL
22.09.2004 Athens
17.50
Discus Men F44
55,53m Greaves Daniel, 1982 GREAT
BRITAIN
14.05.2005 Manchester
18.36
Sprint Women T42
17.36 Medal Presentation 100m
T44 women
19.20
4x100m Relay Men T42 – 46
43,56s
TEAM AUSTRALIA
28.10.2000 Sydney
Wednesday 6.9.2006
Thursday 7.9.2006
Time
Event
Time
Event
09.50
Medal presentation Long
jump women F44
09.30
Long jump Men T44
Pentathlon
10.15
Medal presentation Discus
Men F44
10.12
Medal presentation Shot
put men F42
15.10
100m Sprint Men T44
FINAL
10.18
Medal presentation
High jump Men F44-46
11.00
Shot Put Men
Pentathlon P44
16.12
Sprint Men T44
16.30
High jump men F42
17.25
17.37
11,08s
12.40
200m Women T46
25,54s
Souza Antonio, 1971,
BRAZIL
22.09.2004 Athens
Winters Amy, 1978,
AUSTRALIA
27.09.2004 Athens
12.55
100m Men P44
Penthatlon
11,08s
22.07.2002 Lille
Lombaard Fanie, 1969,
SOUTH AFRICA
19.09.2004 Athens
13.00
100m Men P44
Penthatlon
2,09m
Skiba Jeff, 1984 USA
29.07.2002 Lille
14.00
Shot Put Women
F42-44
F42 9,65m
Baozhu Zheng, 1969 CHINA
F44 12,18m
3:27,00min
TEAM USA
07.09.2004 Athens
Daamen Michaela, 1969,
GERMANY
23.08.2005 Espoo
13,81m
Medal presentation high
jump Men F42
19.45
4x400m Relay Men 42-46
Christiansen Jacky, 1977,
DENMARK
23.08.2005 Espoo
Medal presentation
4x400 Relay Men 42-46
Shot put Men F42
18.30
17,47m
11.24
48,46s
High jump Men F44-46
Marlon Shirley, 1978, USA
23.07.2002 Lille
Boldt Arnold, 1957
CANADA
17.06.1980 Arnheim
1,96m
400m Sprint Men T46
FINAL
18.05
Shirley Marlon, 1978,
USA
22.07.2002 Lille /
25.09.2004 Athens
6,79m
14.30
Discus Men P44
Penthatlon
55,53m
Greaves Daniel, 1982 Great
Britain
15.30
Long jump Men F46
7,16m
Skachkov Anton,1979
UKRAINE
25.09.2004 Athens
15.40
800m Men T46
1:53,27min
Crates Danny, 1973 GREAT
BRITAIN
16.45
400m Men P44
Pentathlon
51,24s
Andrews Danny, 1981,USA
23.09.2004 Athens
18.06
Medal presentation Shot
Put women F42-44
18.30
200m Women T44
27,56s
19.10
5000m Men T46
14:39,15min Evans R.D.F, USA,
24.10.2000 Sydney
19.41
Medal presentation
Women 200m T44
25.09.2004 Athens
Saturday 9.9.2006
Time
Event
10.15
Medal presentation Long
jump Women F42
10.32
4x100m Women T42-46
11.30
Medal presentation
4x100m Women T42-46
13.08
15.25
56,50s
TEAM GERMANY
15.08.1998 Birmingham
800m Men T46
1:53,27min
Crates Danny, 1973 GREAT
BRITAIN
Discus Women F42-44
F42 31,19m
Baozhu Zheng, 1969 CHINA
25.09.2004 Athens
F44 39,50m
Yang Yue, 1983, CHINA
T44 22,67s
21.09.2004 Athens
T43 21,97s
Pistorius Oscar, 1986 South
Africa
20.09.2004 Athens
12,14s
Connor Earle, 1975 CANADA
01.06.2003 Leverkusen 2004
Friday 8.9.2006
Time
Event
15.35
10.40 100m Men T46 heats 4
13.35 200m Men T44 heats 2
10,72s
T44 22,67s
21.09.2004 Athens
T43 21,97s
Pistorius Oscar, 1986, South
AFRICA
20.09.2004 Athens
16.25 100m Men T46 Final
NIGERIA
17.05 Javelin Men F44
56.75m
Gao Ming Jie, 1980 CHINA
17.35 Long jump Women F42
3,77m
Kretz Salome, GERMANY
09.2006 Espoo
19.22 Medal presentation
Javelin Men F44
200m Men T44 Final
NIGERIA
17.07
Medal presentation
200m Men T44
17.50
100m Sprint Men T42
FINAL
18.35
Medal presentation
Discus women F42-44
19.18
Medal presentation
100m Sprint Men T42
Sunday 10.9.2006
13.00
Marathon classes 11, 12, 46, 52, 54
About Team Össur
Take a company that has 'Life Without Limitations' as its slogan, and a reputation
for integrity, ambition and dedication, and you'll find customers that embody all
these things and inspire them too.
Team Össur is a very special team of athletes, talented performers and professionals
from around the world, exceptional individuals who excel in their chosen sport or
career, and who are sponsored by Össur. Their talents and charisma help bring
the courage and achievements of amputees everywhere to the forefront of public
awareness.
Prosthetics, or artificial limbs, have come a long way in recent years. With the help
of modern technology people can often lead the kind of lives they want, achieving
things that were almost unimaginable in previous generations. Despite this
progress, widespread knowledge or acceptance has yet to be achieved in combating
common misconceptions about limitations for amputees - even within the amputee
community itself. Through the support and recognition of Team Össur members,
more and more people will become aware of the opportunities available to them
and their families.
As technologies continue to advance, disabled athletes are able to better their own
records and move even closer to the records of able-bodied competitors. Össur
supports team members with the latest prosthetic developments and technologies,
working closely with their prosthetists and coaches. Össur gains invaluable feedback
from these accomplished amputees in the same way that car companies learn from
auto-racing drivers. The latest technology is test-driven by Team Össur, and the
benefits incorporated into product designs for amputees of all ages and activities.
Team Össur members include athletes competing in track and field events as well
as cross-country and alpine skiing. Skateboarders, cyclists, swimmers, golfers,
an automobile racing driver and a stuntman also number in the team. Many are
Paralympians and world record holders.
OSCAR PISTORIUS
Date of Birth:
Hometown:
Current Home:
Occupation:
Amputee Level:
Pursuits:
Main Events:
Competitive Class:
Össur Products:
November, 22 1986
Pretoria, South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Student and Athlete
Bi-Lateral, Below the Knee
Track
100m, 200m, 400m
T43, T44
Cheetah®, Modular IIITM
Oscar Pistorius is fast becoming known as the "fastest thing on no legs"! A double
amputee, this 19-year-old is the world record holder in his category for the 100, 200
and 400 meters sprint.
Oscar was only 11 months old when his parents reluctantly agreed to have his
limbs amputated below the knee. Born without the fibula in both legs, Oscar says
he never really knew anything different. As a child he announced to his father that
one day he would play in the Super 8 rugby event, this would characterize his future
approach to life.
It was in January 2004 that Oscar shattered his right knee on the rugby field and was
first introduced to athletics at the University of Pretoria. At the age of seventeen,
Oscar ran the 100m in an open competition at the Pilditch stadium in his hometown
of Pretoria. After training for only two months he ran it in only 11.51 seconds, the
world record standing at 12.22 seconds. This proved that Oscar could compete and
very likely win anything he sets his mind to. Just eight months later he was racing
alongside Marlon Shirley and Brian Frasure at the Athens Paralympics. Taking the
athletics world by storm he took the silver medal behind Shirley in the 100m and
later won gold in the 200m, breaking the world record with a time of 21.97 seconds
becoming the first amputee ever to run the 200m in under 22 seconds. Oscar went
home that day with four world records and the determination to do it again.
Oscar represented Gauteng for a second time in March 2005 at the South African
Championships. Although this time around, he ran the 400m in the Open/AbleBodied category and remarkably ranked 6th place in the final competition. That
same year, he also won the gold in both the 100m and 200m while representing
South Africa in the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. Unable to attend, at the
age of 18 the IAAF invited him to run in a Grand Prix meeting in Helsinki and at the
World Championship in Manchester, UK, making him the first ‘disabled’ athlete
that has ever been invited to such an event, a huge honor.
Being a bilateral amputee, Pistorius has always competed in both T43 (both legs
amputated below the knee) and T44 events (one leg amputated below the knee).
His 100m, 200m and 400m T43 world records are all faster than the T44 world
records. Oscar recognizes that Össur’s Cheetah® running legs have helped him
run at his fastest and accomplish this huge feat that has never before been done.
The high energy return the Cheetah® blades offer help spring Oscar to his next step
and past the finish line. He also finds comfortable walking feet and the ability to
remain active in Össur’s Modular IIITM that he wears off the track.
Since then, Oscar has broken his own world records nineteen times and is sixth in the
Senior South African Championships for able-bodied athletes. His determination to
be considered as an athlete, who just so happens to run on Flex-Foot carbon-fiber
blades from the knee down, means that Oscar plans to take part in the Olympics
alongside able-bodied athletes. He is still working on becoming the fastest sprinter
in the world, and will never stop running at the Paralympics, which formed him into
the competitive athlete he has become today. Oscar is training hard and looking
forward to defending his 200m Paralympic title in Beijing 2008 and competing in
the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing and the Olympic Games 2012 in London.
Competitive Highlights
MARLON SHIRLEY
World Records (Broken a total of 19)
Paralympic WR times:
100m - Previous WR (12.22s) - Latest WR (11.08s)
Date of Birth:
Hometown:
Current Home:
Occupation:
Amputee Level:
Pursuits:
Main Events:
2006
Visa Paralympics World Cup
1st place - 100m
1st place - 200m
2005
South African open Championships
6th World Record (47.34s)
Paralympic World Cup
Gold - 100m
Gold - 200m
2004
Police College
World Record - 100m (11.72s)
AGN meeting
World Record - 100m (11.51s)
SA Champs – disable
Gold - 100m
Gold - 200m
USA Endeavor Games
Silver / World Record - 100m (11.62s)
Gold / World Record - 200m (22. 71s)
Paralympic Games, Athens
Bronze - 100m
Gold / World Record - 200m (21. 91)
2003
Water Polo (2nd Team)
Rugby
2001-2002
Water Polo
Rugby
2000-1998
Tennis (1st Team)
1997
Cricket (school level)
Tennis (school level)
1996-1994
Soccer (school level)
Cricket (school level)
Wrestling (club)
April 21, 1978
Thatcher, Utah
San Diego, CA
Athlete
Below the Knee
Track and Field
100m, 200m, 4x100,
4x400m, Long Jump
Competitive Class: T44
Össur Products:
Cheetah®,
LP Vari-Flex®
Marlon Shirley is the fastest amputee in the
world. Not only is he fast, but he also jumps
farther than any other amputee. Because he is
the first and only T44 class athlete to break the
11-second barrier in the 100 meters (10.97), he is hungry to compete against the
top world-class able-bodied sprinters. Shirley has not only found a way to prevail,
but he has also found a way to become a World-Class Elite Athlete and role model
to all.
Shirley’s story is all the more impressive because of what he’s overcome. Abandoned
by his birth mother at age 3, he lived on the street before he was adopted by a family
in Utah at age 9. At age five, while living in an orphanage, he fell under a lawnmower
and lost his left foot. Still, he played high school football and competed successfully
against able-bodied athletes in the high jump.
Early in Shirley’s career he trained with Brian Hoddle, a well renowned coach who
took him under his wing. Within two years Shirley went from third to first place and
became a Paralympic gold medal winner. Today, he is a member of Team Össur,
a select group of amputees chosen because they embody the leading prosthetic
company’s message of Life Without Limitations. Both his athletic accomplishments
and his can-do mindset earned him his place on the team.
Shirley’s ability lies in his training and the Flex-Foot® Cheetah® prosthesis he wears
for sprinting. For daily activities, he wears a Flex-Foot® LP Vari-Flex® from Össur,
because of the smooth heel to toe transition it affords him. Besides technology,
nature has provided the raw talent that Marlon has harnessed and honed on the
track, in the gym, and in rehab to become an athletic force to be reckoned with.
He articulately addresses corporate CEO’s, has met the President of the United
States, travels the world and serves as a life-altering role model to all. Marlon is the
recipient of several prestigious awards, including the United Nations’ “Role Model
of the 21st Century”, two “ESPY” Awards and the “U.S. Olympic Spirit Award”.
Sure the medals and honors carry certain rewards, but for Marlon Shirley, he feels
the best when he is on the track with able-bodied athletes running so fast and
gracefully that nobody notices the absence of his lower left limb; not even the other
elite runners.
This four-time World Champion, two-time Paralympic Gold Medalist and multiple
World Record Holder, is one of the most inspiring athletes in the sports world
today. Marlon has also run the fastest 200M dash to date and in 2004 at the
Paralympic Games in Athens, became the Gold Medalist in the 100M dash (tied
the WR) retaining the title “fastest amputee in the world.”
Marlon is an avid pilot with training and schooling in Aeronautical Engineering
and also helped design the sprint foot that he and many of the T44 athletes use in
competition around the world. Still a kid at heart, he enjoys designing and flying R/
C airplanes, helicopters and trucks. Other hobbies include: golf, flying, motorcycles,
snowboarding and anything else people tell him he can’t do!
A spokesperson for the Paralympic Movement, a member of the USA Track & Field
Accommodations committee, Marlon is looking forward to breaking his own World
Records in the 100m, 200m and long jump, becoming the first amputee to qualify
for the U.S. National trials, and winning GOLD in the 100m, 200m, long jump and
team relay’s in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, China.
2003
IOC President's Disabled Athlete Award
2002
IPC Championships, Lille, France
Gold / World Record - 100m (11.08s)
Gold / World Record - Long Jump (6.9m)
2000
Named United Nations Role Model of the 21st Century
USOC Track and Field Athlete of the Year
USOC Athlete of the Month for October
Paralympic Games, Sydney, Australia
Silver - High Jump (1.90m)
1999
World Record Holder
100m (11.08s)
200m (22.67s)
Long Jump (6.78m)
ISOD World Championships, Barcelona, Spain
1st place / World Record - Long Jump (6.33m)
1st place - High Jump
Silver - 100m
Bronze - 200m
1st place - 4 x 100m Relay
2nd place - 4 x 400m
6 time World Champion
100m
Long Jump
2005
2004
European Championships Espoo, Finland
Gold - 100m (11.03s no wind measurement, device malfunction)
Gold - 200m (23.40s)
Gold - Long Jump (6.65m)
Gold - 4 x 1
ESPY Award Winner
ABC News' Person of the Week
In a televised interview on September 18, 2004, Peter Jennings of
ABC News congratulated Marlon Shirley
Paralympics, Athens, Greece
Gold / World Record - 100m Sprint (11.08s)
Silver / World Record - 200m Sprint (22.67s)
Bronze - Long Jump (6.20m)
Named Sportsman of the Year by USOC
DS/USA National Summer Games, Fairfax, VA
Gold - Javelin
Gold - Long Jump
Gold - High Jump
Silver - 100m
Bronze - 200m
Spokesperson for the U.S. Paralympics
Member of the USA Track & Field Accommodations committee
U.S. Olympic Spirit Award
San Diego Hall of Fame Best Disabled Athlete award
ESPY Award Winner
1998
IPC World Championships, Birmingham, England
Silver - Long Jump
Bronze - 100m
Ultimate Challenge Track and Field Meet, San Diego CA
Gold / World Record - Long Jump (20’ 4”)
Bronze - Javelin
Bronze - 100m
Goodwill Games
Bronze - 100m T44
DANNY ANDREWS
Date of Birth:
Hometown:
Current Home:
Occupation:
Amputee Level:
Pursuits:
Main Events:
Competitive Class:
Össur Products:
August 13, 1981
Holiday, Florida
Tucson, AZ
Home Depot and Student
Below the Knee
Track and Field
200m, 400m, and Relays
T44
Ceterus® and Cheetah®
Danny Andrews wants to research new products
and develop technological breakthroughs
in prosthetics with his degree in biomedical
engineering from the University of Miami. And
why not? He coupled his own athletic talent
with a Flex-Foot® Flex-Sprint IIITM from Össur to become a world-class competitor,
so he knows the field. He also uses a Ceterus® – for everyday activities because he
likes its comfort and shock absorption capability.
Andrews was a promising distance runner even when able-bodied. At 14 he broke
his leg playing goalkeeper in a club soccer match and developed compartment
syndrome, a complication that resulted in a below the knee amputation. Watching
the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta was another life-altering event: He got excited
about the possibilities when he saw the thrilling level of competition among athletes
running on carbon fiber feet and high-tech joints. Attending the 96 Paralympic
games in Atlanta gave him the motivation to begin training for the 2000 games.
By the time the next Paralympics in Sydney came around, the comeback kid was
well-trained and ready. The long-shot, Andrews took the gold medal in the 800m
event by dominating the race and set a stunning world record of 2:08.79 minutes.
He shaved 1.07 seconds off that time at the DSI Challenge in 2002 to solidify his
status as the world’s top amputee sprinter. After winning the 800m in Sydney,
Andrews attended the University of Miami where he earned a degree in Biomedical
Engineering, and ran on the University track and field team for three years. Andrews
went on to win three gold medals, setting a world record in the 400m, in the Athens
2004 Paralympic Games (400m, 4X100m, and 4X400m). Andrews’ next competitive
goal is to be the first single bellow knee amputee to break the 50 second mark in
the 400m.
As a member of the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA), Andrews has volunteered
with their youth initiative. Since his success at the Sydney Paralympics, he has been
invited to share his story at schools and several physical therapy departments.
This four time Paralympic Gold Medalist, is currently living and training in Tucson,
Arizona, and will be enrolling in the Reliability and Quality Engineering masters
program in fall.
Current World Record Holder
800m (2:07.18)
400m (51.24s)
4X400m (3:27.00) Danny Andrews, Raphew Reed,
Ryan Fann, Brian Frasure
American Record Holder
400m (51.24s)
2006
IPC World Championships
Paralympic Challenge
World Indoor games
2005
2004
Gold - 4x100m Relay (43.90s)
Gold / World Record - 4x400m Relay (3:27.00)
2002
IPC World Championships, Lille, France
Gold / World Record - 800m (2:07.18)
1st place - 400m (53.20)
Gold - Relay 4x100 USA
FIU Invitational
2nd place - 400m
2000
Olympic Trials Demonstration Event, Sacramento, CA
6th place - 100m
Paralympic Trials, New London, CT
1st place - 800m
Gold / World Record - 800m (2:08.79)
1999
5th place - 1500m
8th place - 200m
US National Championships
Gold - 100m
Silver - 200m
BRIAN FRASURE
Date of Birth:
Hometown:
Current Home:
Occupation:
February 2, 1973
Maiden, NC
Cary, NC
Certified Prosthetist,
Athlete, Motivational
Speaker
Amputee Level:
Below the Knee
Pursuits:
Track and Field
Main Events:
100m, 200m, 4x100m,
and 4x400m
Competitive Class: T44
Össur Products:
Cheetah®, Flex-SprintTM
Brian Frasure is one of the best in the world and
can prove it though his collection of numerous
gold and silver medals won over the last decade
in the long jump, 100m and 200m events. But he is far from done. He has his eyes
set on China and current world record holder in the 100m, Marlon Shirley.
Frasure has been competitive ever since his prosthetist introduced him to the
Paralympics and fit him with a Flex-Foot® Flex-SprintTM from Össur. He is a major
contender for breaking the 11-second barrier in the 100m event. A couple years ago
Brian had a goal of attending the 2004 Paralympic Games and returning home to
Cary, NC with a Paralympic gold medal, not only did he make his goal a reality, he
set out and did it again this year in the 2006 Paralympic Challenge.
Frasure has always demonstrated exceptional talent and skill in track and field.
Even before competing in disabled sports, he was an outstanding able-bodied
collegiate sprinter. At the age of 19, he lost his leg playing a dangerous game with
friends. Hopping freight cars with college pals from North Carolina State University
he misjudged a car's speed and suffered the loss of his left leg below the knee and
all the toes on his right foot.
Technology has always played a major role in Frasure's success, and he says
himself, “I have seen the sprinting feet progress tremendously over the years, and
now they feel very natural to run on.” And who should know better than Frasure
himself, a Board Certified Prosthetist. He prefers the Cheetah® in competition for
its ability to store and return energy.
Today, Frasure works as a Regional Clinical Prosthetist at Össur traveling over
100,000 miles a year while maintaining a rigorous training schedule that keeps him
at the top of his game.
2006
Paralympic Challenge
Gold - 100m
2004
US Olympic Trials
Gold - 100m
Silver - 100m (11.11s)
Bronze - 200m (22.83s)
Gold - 4x100m Relay (43.90s)
Gold / World Record - 4x400m Relay (3:27.00)
The University of Texas at El Paso/Kidd Field
100m (11.10s) - Missed WR by 0.02, wind = 0.0
200m (22. 77) - 0.06 off WR
2003
Oracle Open Championships
Gold - 100m
Home Depot Championship
Gold - 200m
2002
IPC World Championship
Gold - 200m
Silver - 100m
Gold - 4x100 Relay
2001
International Challenge Invitational, Chula Vista, CA
Gold - 100m
Silver - 200m
2000
World Record - 200m (22.71)
Silver - 100m
Olympic Trials Demonstration Event, Sacramento, CA
1st place - 100m
Paralympic Trials, New London, CT
1st place / National and Unofficial World Record - 100m (11.17)
1st place / National and Unofficial World Record - 200m (22.74)
Duke Invitational, Durham, NC
National and Unofficial World Record - 100m (11.24)
1999
Southern Cross Games, Sydney, Australia
Paralympic Revival, Duderstadt, Germany
Gold - 100m
Gold - 200m
Gold - 100m
Gold - 200m
1998
Goodwill Games, New York, NY
Gold - 100m
DS/USA National Amputee Championships, Fairfax, VA
Gold - 100m
Gold - 200m
1997
Ultimate Challenge, Chula Vista, CA
2nd place - Long Jump
3rd place - 100m
3rd place - 200m
ISOD World Championships, Madrid, Spain
Gold - 100m
Gold - 200m
Gold - Long Jump
1996
Stefano Lippi Competitive highlights
Stefano Lippi is World Champion 2002 in Long Jump and Italian record holder in
100m, 200m and Long Jump
2005 European Championships in Espoo, Finland injured
2005 Ovada Meeting
Gold medal in 100m (12.90)
2005 Int. German Championships Berlin
Silver Medal in long Jump (5.65)
2004 Paralympics Athens, Greece
Silver medal in Long Jump F42 (5.63m)
4th in 100m T42 (13.09s)
6th in 200m T42 (28.10s)
National Summer Games, Springfield, MA
Gold - 100m
Gold - 200m
Gold - Long Jump
2003 European Championships, Assen, The Netherlands
Silver medal in 100m (13.51s)
Silver medal in Long Jump (5.47m)
4th rank in 200m (28.86s)
U.S. Paralympic Trials, Atlanta, GA
Gold / World Record - Long Jump (5.89m)
Silver - 100m
Silver - 200m
2003 Int. German Championships Wattenscheid, Germany
2002 IPC World Championships in Lille, France
Gold medal with new world record in Long Jump 5,32m
4th rank 100m (13.36s)
5th rank 200m (29.01s)
STEFANO LIPPI, ITALY
Date of birth:
Current home:
Occupation:
January 23, 1981
Italy
Student electronics
Amputation level:
Pursuits:
Association:
Main events:
Competitive Class:
Össur products:
Above-the-knee
Track and Field
Anshaf Trieste
100m, 200m, Long Jump
T42/ F42
Cheetah® for Sprint
Flex-SprintTM for Long Jump
2001 European Championships in Assen, The Netherlands
Bronze medal in 100m (14.37s)
Bronze medal in 200m (31.72s)
URS KOLLY, SWITZERLAND
Urs Kolly Competitive highlights
Date of birth:
Hometown:
Current Home:
Occupation:
Amputation Level:
Pursuits:
Main Events:
2005 European Championships Espoo, Finnland (injured)
Silver medal in Javelin (48.54m)
8th rank in Shot Put (12.57m)
Bronze medal in Long Jump (5.78m)
24 July 1968
Tafers, Switzerland
Tafers, Switzerland
Engineer
Below-knee
Track and Field
Pentathlon, Long Jump,
Discus, 100m, 400m,
Shot Put, Javelin
Competitive Class: T44, F44, P44
Össur products:
Sport prostheses:
Icerosss® Sport Liner,
CheetahTM and Vari-Flex®
Prostheses for day-to-day
use: Vari-Flex®, Icerosss®
Comfort Liner
Although a Paralympic athlete, Urs Kolly is no stranger to able-bodied competition.
In fact he is a strong advocate for mixed ability training and competition. Kolly
believes it is important to have a healthy and honest environment and not to be
"immersed in the handicapped sector only".
Now working as an engineer, Kolly lost his right foot in a motorbike accident in
1989 while in military service. Initially, the skin on his residual limb was prone to
wounds and, frustrated and depressed, he threw his first prosthesis in a corner,
finding it easier to hop and use crutches to get around.
But Kolly persevered. A keen sportsman, he started training again soon after leaving
hospital and worked hard on perfecting his gait. Working out at the gym also helped
to rebuild him physically and psychologically before his return to field sports.
Urs Kolly is the current World record holder in Pentathlon and European record
holder for the Long Jump. At the Paralympics in Barcelona (1992), trhee years after
amputation, he won the gold medal for the discus. At the Paralympic Games in
Atlanta (1996), at the Paralympics in Sydney (2000) as well as at the Paralympic
Games in Athens in 2004 he won gold medals in Long Jump and Pentathlon. His
grand total of Paralympic medals currently stands at seven gold medals!
Kolly was also the Pentathlon World Champion in 2002, 1999 and 1998, as well
as Discus World champion in 1998 and 1999. He is the proud recipient of three
World championship gold medals, three silver and two bronze. His goal for the
2008 Paralympic Games in China is to win a 8th Paralympic gold medal.
Urs Kolly uses a Flex-Foot Cheetah for the 100m, 400m Sprints and for Javelin. For
Discus and Shot Put he uses a Flex-Foot Vari-Flex. His usual prosthesis for day-today use incorporates an Iceross Comfort liner with a Flex-Foot Vari-Flex foot.
2004 Paralympics Athens Greece
Gold medal with new world record in Pentathlon 4 447 points
Gold medal with new Paralympics record and European record in Long Jump (6.68m)
6th rank in discus (41.66m)
9th rank in shot put (12.65m)
7th rank in javelin (46.87m)
2004 Urs Kolly wins the Award “Athlete with a disability” of the year 2004 in
Switzerland as well as “Athlete of the year 2004” in Canton Fribourg, Switzerland
2004 Meeting in Leverkusen, Germany
New Long Jump European record (6.66m)
2003 European Championships, Assen, the Netherlands
European Champion with new world record in pentathlon (100m, Long Jump,
Shot Put, Discus, 400m – 4371 points)
Gold medal in Long Jump (6.47m)
Silver medal in Javelin 800g (44.70m)
Bronze medal in Discus (39,19)
2003 German Championships, Wattenscheid, Germany
Gold medal in 100m Sprint
Silver medal in Shot Put (6kg)
2002 IPC World Championships, Lille, France
Gold medal with new world record in Pentathlon
Silver medal in Javelin
Bronze medal in Long Jump
2001 European Championships in Assen, The Netherlands
Gold medal in Pentathlon
Gold medal in Long Jump
Bronze medal in Discus
2000 Paralympic Games, Sydney, Australia
5th rank in Javelin (49.75 m)
5th rank in Discus (43.31 m)
1999 World Championships, Barcelona, Spain
World Champion with new Pentathlon world record
World Champion in Discus
Vice World Champion in Long Jump
6th rank in Shot Put
1998 World Championships, Birmingham, UK
World Champion in Discus
World Champion in Pentathlon with new world record
5th rank in Long Jump (5.90m)
1996 Paralympic Games, Atlanta, USA
5th rank in 100m Sprint
5th rank in Discus
6th rank in Javelin
1994 World Championships, Berlin, Germany
Silver medal in Discus
Silver medal in 4x100m relay
In January 2001 April lost her leg in a train accident resulting in a below the knee
amputation. Before her amputation, Holmes was a high school 400-meter champion
later earning multiple NCAA All-American and CIAA honors as a sprinter at Norfolk
State University in Norfolk, VA, where she earned her BS Mass Communication.
When she lost her leg in 2001, she didn’t despair in her new condition, “I accepted
the accident as part of God’s plan,” Holmes said. “I have complete faith in this is
how I was supposed to be to help carry out his will.” Since her accident, Holmes
has made remarkable strides as both an athlete and advocate for individuals
with disabilities. Following the advice of several family and church members, she
started the April Holmes Foundation to assist persons with physical and learning
disabilities overcome challenges against all odds.
She has recently set new world records in the 100, 200, & 400 meters for amputees
as well as a obtaining a bronze medal with her performance in the long jump at
the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. Competing with the Cheetah®
running foot made by Össur, April has continued her dominance in the Paralympic
sport, she completed the 2003-05 outdoor seasons being ranked #1 in the world in
both the 100m and 200m. For the ease of everyday walking Holmes wears Össur’s
Ceterus® and Vari-Flex®. She enjoys the Ceterus® for the rotation it offers as well
as the ability to adjust shock absorption and the Vari-Flex® for its exceptional energy
return which allows her get around effortlessly.
1992 Paralympic Games, Barcelona, Spain
Gold medal in Discus
Holmes has recently completed her studies at the University of Phoenix online
where she received her MBA in Marketing, and her future aspirations include being
an advocate for persons with disabilities through education and social awareness
as well as starting a marketing and event planning business.
APRIL HOLMES
Date of Birth:
March 11, 1973
Hometown:
Current Home:
Occupation:
Amputee Level:
Pursuits:
Main Events:
Competitive Class:
Össur Products:
Somerdale, NJ
Chula Vista, CA
Athlete
Below the Knee
Track and Field
T44
Ceterus®, Cheetah®,
Vari-Flex®
Transforming from a self proclaimed loner to a spokesperson for opportunities
to people with disabilities, Holmes went from an all-star high school and college
athlete to a promising Paralympian. Best known for her deep faith and resilience,
Holmes is active in her church and uses her faith in experiences to uplift those who
have acquired their disability through tragedy.
2006
US Paralympic Outdoor National Champion
Long Jump
IPC World Cup Champion
Long Jump
German Nationals Champion
100m
200m
Paralympic Revival Champion
100m
IPC World Indoor Championships
Bronze - Long Jump
2004
2004 Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece
Bronze / American Record - Long Jump (4.65m)
Broke T-44 World Record
100m (13.13) (previous record 13.53)
2003
1994
Honorable Mentions and Other Achievements
2006
Broke T-44 World Record
Bettered American Record T-44
USOC F.L.A.M.E. Conference Presenter
2005
Featured on Good Morning Philadelphia
USOC F.L.A.M.E. Conference Speaker
Z-Hope Woman of the Year
Presented by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
2004
Silver / American Record - 100m (14.12)
Guest on Fox & Friends, CBS Early Morning, Good Day Philadelphia,
Shades of Opinion
USOC F.L.A.M.E. Teen conference Speaker
CIAA All-Conference
Cross Country Team
Indoors 400m, 4x400, high jump, long jump
Outdoors 200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m, 4x 400, long jump
Morehouse Relays Champion
400m
4x400
Norfolk State University
Co-MVP Cross Country
Most Improved Runner Indoors
Unsung Hero Outdoor T&F
USOC Spirit Award presented by Nu Skin
Presented Key to City of Camden and Proclamation
4th place / American Record - 200m (29.87)
1996
Martin Luther King Jr. Award presented by D.R.U.M. organization
Guest on ESPN’s Quite Frankly with Steven A. Smith
Rocky Mountain State Games Champion
100m
2nd place - 200m
2002
Named to Board of Directors for Philadelphia 2016
Fast Woman of the Year
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, CA
German Nationals Champion, Leverkusen, Germany
200m
Invitational Champion, Milano, Italy
100m and 200m Champion
NCAA All-American
400m
4x400
Paralympic Academy Athens Breakfast Keynote Speaker
Conducted running clinic at Walter Reed Medical Center for injured
US soldiers from Iraq war
NSU Athletic Department Inspiration Award
2003
Featured in Forbes December 22, 2003 Issue
USOC F.L.A.M.E. (Finding Leaders Amongst Minorities Everywhere)
Speaker
Featured in R&B artist Shaggy’s “Strength of a Woman” music video
Covergirl for Disabled Sports USA Challenge Magazine Summer Issue
Finalist for the Casey Martin disability award presented by Nike
Wrote excerpt for children’s book “My Brand New Leg”
2002
Honorary Inductee Athlete-Scholar Golden Key International Honor
Society
Started the April L. Holmes Foundation to assist individuals with
disabilities
Named Youth Activities Coordinator
Kaighn Ave. Baptist Church
Organized “Yet Still I Rise” 5K race/walk for disability awareness
Woman of the Year
Kaighn Ave. Baptist Church
CLAUDIA BIENE, GERMANY
Date of birth:
Hometown:
Occupation:
Amputation level:
December 17, 1973
Berlin, Germany
Speech therapist, student
Van Ness Rotation
osteotomie
Pursuits:
Track and Field
Interests:
Inline skating, volleyball,
swimming, reading,
cooking, drawing,
playing piano and cello
Sports association: PSC Berlin
Main events:
Discus, Javelin, next year
100m and Long Jump
Competitive class: F42
Össur products:
Sport prostheses:
CheetahTM, Flex-RunTM, Prostheses for day-to-day use:
ElationTM with Flex-SkinTM, or Vari-Flex®
Competitive highlights
2006 Paralympic Challenge, Duderstadt, Germany
Bronze Medal in Javelin (28,24m)
2005 European Championships, Espoo, Finland
Gold medal in Javelin (27.89m)
Silver medal in Discus (26.80m)
2004 Paralympics Athens, Greece
Silver medal in Discus (27.11m)
2004 Int. German Championships, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Gold medal in Discus (28,34m)
2003 European Championships Assen, The Netherlands
4th place in Long Jump
2003 Int. German Championships, Wattenscheid, Germany
Gold medal in Discus
WOJTEK CZYZ, GERMANY
Date of birth:
Hometown:
Occupation:
Amputation level:
Pursuits:
Hobbies, interests:
Association:
Main events:
Competitive Class:
Homepage:
Össur products:
July 30 1980
Cologne, Germany
Sport student
Knee disarticulation
Track and Field
Sports
TV Wattenscheid
T/F42
www.wojtekczyz.de
Cheetah® for Sprints
Flex-Sprint I TM for Long
Jump
Don't think about what you were, but about what you are and what you long to be!
That’s a very appropriate motto for Wojtek Czyz, a young man whose dreams of
becoming a professional footballer were shattered in his teens. Now a rising star of
disabled sports in Germany, the young Wojtek Czyz burst on to the athletics scene
in 2002, only 11 months after his amputation. It was then that he broke the national
record in the Long Jump at the German championships in Berlin and picked up
Gold for the 100m sprint. Since that time he has gone on to break world records in
200m and the Long Jump for transfemoral amputees.
Representing Germany at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Wojtek brought
home three Gold medals with a further two new World records in Long Jump and
200m under his belt. He also set a new Paralympic record at the event in the 100m
Sprint and was awarded: “best Athlete with a Handicap in 2004” in Germany.
Wojtek’s early dreams were of becoming a professional football player. When he
was on the brink of securing a contract with Fortuna Cologne Football Club, Wojtek
was brought down in brutal tackle. With his blood no longer reaching his leg (in
what is known as compartment syndrome), Wojtek should have been operated
on immediately, but a disastrous sequence of delays sadly culminated in the
amputation of his leg.
At the European Championships in 2005 he again broke his own world record for
the 200m Sprint. The first athlete with an through-knee amputation ever to jump
more than six meters, Wojtek generates around 1200kg of impact as he powers
through the take off for his jumps! He continues to train hard, his sights firmly set
on Gold at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
ANNETTE ROOZEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Date of birth
Current home
Occupation
Amputation level
Pursuits
Hobbies
March 11, 1976
The Netherlands
Journalist
Knee-disarticulation
Track and Field
Friends, books, cinema,
playing piano and her dog
Nicky
Main events
100m and Long Jump
Competition Class T42-F42
Össur product
Flex-RunTM
Competitive highlights of Wojtek Czyz
Wojtek is the current World record holder in the Long Jump (6.23m) and 200m
Sprint (25.75s)
Annette Roozen is the World record holder in
100m Sprint (16.90s)
2005
European Championships Espoo, Finnland
Gold medal in 100m Sprint (12.61s)
Gold medal in 200m Sprint with new World record (25.75s)
2006
Paralympic Challenge Duderstadt, Germany
New World record in 100m 16.90s
German Trials, Leverkusen, Germany
New personal record in Long Jump 3.57m
2004
Handicap Athlete of the year 2004
5th rank Athlete of the year in Germany
2005
Meet in Hengelo (FBK-games), The Netherlands
2004
Paralympics Athens
Gold medal with new Paralympics record in 100m Sprint (12.51s)
Gold medal with new world record in 200m Sprint (26.18s)
Gold medal and new world record in long jump (6.23m)
2004
Paralympics Athens
5th in Long Jump F42 (3.33m) / new personal record
2003
European Championships Assen, The Netherlands
Gold medal in long jump
Meet in Leverkusen, Germany June 2003
Gold medal in Long Jump with new world record (5.85m)
Int. German Championships in Wattenscheid, Germany
Gold medal in 100m
2002
German Championships, Berlin, Germany
Gold medal in 100m Sprint
2003
Meet in Hengelo (FBK-games), The Netherlands
New world record in 100m Sprint (17.20s)
Meet in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
European Championships Assen, The Netherlands
Gold medal in 100m Sprint (18.11s)
Bronze medal in Long Jump (2.95m)
Int. German Championships, Wattenscheid, Germany
Gold medal in 100m with new world record (17.85s)
Gold medal in Long Jump with new world record (3.19m)
ANDREA SCHERNEY, AUSTRIA
2004
Date of birth:
Hometown:
Occupation:
Bayer Meeting, Leverkusen, Germany (August):
New World record in Long Jump (4.88m)
2003
European Championships, Assen, The Netherlands:
Gold medal with new world record in Pentathlon (100m, Long Jump,
Shot Put, Discus and 400m)
Silver medal in Shot Put
Bronze medal in Javelin
2002
2001
European Championships, Assen, the Netherlands
100m European champion
Bronze medal in Discus
2000
5th rank in 100m
1999
IPC World Championships, Barcelona, Spain
World champion in Shot Put
World champion in Discus
World champion in Long Jump
August 26, 1966
Vienna, Austria
Director of Sports at the
Austrian Sports Federation
for Disabled. Instructor at
the sports university and
sports academy in Vienna,
Austria
Amputation level: Below-knee
Pursuit:
Track and Field
Association:
ABSV: Allg. Wiener
Behindertensportverband &
Vienna Cricket and
FootballClub (Athletics
club)
Main events:
Long Jump, Discus, Shot
Put, 100m Sprint and Pentathlon
Competitive class: T44 / F44
Hobbies:
Skiing, swimming, traveling, music, playing the piano,
giving lectures
Össur products:
CheetahTM
Andrea Scherney's motto in life is: I FEEL GOOD!
The most important moment in Andrea's life was the first time she was able to
walk, and later to run, without any pain after her motorcycle accident in 1986.
And her message to people with a disability:
Movement and sport bring a new physical strength; they increase self-confidence
as well as helping people to accept and love the disabled body.
Paralymics revival, Duderstadt, Germany
New World record in Long Jump (4.38m)
1998
Andrea Scherney is the current World record holder in Long Jump and Pentathlon
2005
European Championships Espoo, Finland
Silver medal in Shot Put (11.03m)
Bronze medal in Discus (35,62m)
World Championships, Birmingham, UK
World champion with new world record in Shot Put (10.82m)
Bronze medal in Javelin
1997
San Diego
New World record in Long Jump (4.18m) - the first ever below-knee
amputee to jump over 4m
2004
1996
Paralympic Games, Atlanta, USA
Gold medal in Javelin
Paralympics
Gold medal and new World record in Long Jump (5.02m)
5th in Shot put (11.33m)
1995
Paralympics Revival, Duderstadt Germany
World record in 100m sprint (14.89s), the first below-knee amputee to
achieve a time of less than 15 seconds
1994
World Championships, Berlin, Germany
World champion in 100m Sprint
World champion in Javelin
MARIJE SMITS, THE NETHERLANDS
Date of birth:
Current Home:
Occupation:
September 2004
Amputation Level:
Interests:
reading, shopping
Pursuits:
Main Events:
Competitive Class:
Össur products:
24 October 1986
The Netherlands
Medicine Student since
Knee disarticulation
Sport, painting, cycling,
Track and Field
Long Jump, 100m Sprint
T42 / F42
Cheetah®
At just 19 years of age, Marije Smits is the youngest member of Team Össur
in Europe. She was nominated for ‘disabled athlete of the year' in 2003 in her
home country, the Netherlands, and participated at the 2004 Paralympic Games
in Athens. She has qualified for the IPC World Championships in Assen in
September 2006. This is even more of an achievement when you consider that it
was only seven years ago when a tumor was discovered in her right leg, sadly a
cancerous growth that led to a through-the-knee amputation.
At school Marije spoke openly of her situation. Friends were supportive and
as her rehabilitation progressed Marije longed to get back to her favorite sport
– handball. "I never dreamed that I could ever run again, but I thought maybe I
could take part in wheelchair sports," explains Marije. "I talked to my prosthetist
and he began to open my eyes to all sorts of new opportunities."
So, with the encouragement and support of her prosthetist Frank Jol she started
dropping by her local athletic club, AV Hollandia Hoorn. The idea was to get fit
again and learn how to run on her prosthesis. Soon all thoughts of handball got
pushed further down the line as the running bug took hold!
Long Jump was the other track and field event that Marije fell in love with. Fired
up with the will to win, Marije won a gold medal at the World Championships in
Lille in 2002. Struggling with an old, borrowed prosthesis at that time, she still
managed to get within 1cm of the world record at that time. Far from perfect, that
original prosthesis was the result of a peculiar twist in the Dutch reimbursement
system, one that allows wheelchair users to get help and support for sports, but
not amputees.
That's soon to change if Marije and other amputees in the Netherlands can get
their way. "We have been campaigning to get the system changed," said Marije.
"Many amputees, and even the insurance companies, are not aware that we can
run and take part in many different sports. Without Össur's sponsorship I could
not have had a sports prosthesis. I really believe in Össur's motto, and I think
everyone should have a “Life Without Limitations."
As the European Championships unfolded in 2003 in Assen, the Netherlands,
Össur prosthetists saw a remarkable young woman, full of life and achieving her
goals. In addition to a new junior world record in the Long Jump (3.13m), Marije
also went home with a silver medal for the 100m sprint (T42 class).
"I have a Cheetah® foot now," said Marije. "As well as the Long Jump and the
100m, I would love to compete in the 200m, but we need more female athletes in
the above-knee category who want to take part internationally."
Off the track Marije is studying medicine at the University in Amsterdam. Every
year she goes skiing with her family and friends and she hopes to be a skiing
teacher for young amputees in the future. "There is not enough information for
amputees in the Netherlands. This ski trip is a great chance to get together and
share experiences. The younger ones look at me and ask if they can run too, and I
am more than happy to show them how it can be done!"
Marije Smits - competitive highlights
2005
European Championships Espoo, Finnland
5th rank in Long jump (3.17m)
2004
Paralympics Athens
8th Long Jump F42 (3.19m)
2004
World record and European record in Long Jump (3.50m)
Dutch Champion in 100m Sprint (21.55s) and Long Jump
2003
European Championships, Assen, the Netherlands
Junior European Champion in Long Jump youth (3.13m)
Junior European Champion in Shot Put (6.55m)
European Champion T42
Silver medalist in Long Jump (3.09m)
Silver medalist in 100m Sprint (20.37s)
2002
Gold medal and World record in Long Jump (2.84m)
Dutch Champion in 100m Sprint (21.55s) and Long Jump

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