Torben Schmidtke
Torben Schmidtke (born 24 February 1989) 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.[1]
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| Born | 24 February 1989 Schwerin, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Dysmelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S8, SB7, SM8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Potsdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schmidtke was born with dysmelia in his legs and has three fingers on his left hand, he had his right foot amputated in October 2018 due to severe pain relating to his health condition. As well as swimming, he works for the German Federal Police as an IT specialist in Potsdam.[2][3]
References
- "Torben Schmidtke - Team Deutschland (in German)". Team Deutschland. 3 December 2020.
- "Torben Schmidtke - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 3 December 2020.
- "Why Paralympic swimmer Torben Schmidtke wants to quit (in German)". Potsdamer. 12 June 2019.
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