Jana Schmidt
Appearance
![]() taking bronze in 2012 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Teterow, Bezirk Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 13 December 1972
Home town | Rostock, German |
Sport | |
Country | Germany |
Sport | Athletics |
Disability class | T42, F42 |
Event(s) | sprint, long jump, shot put, javelin throw |
Club | 1 LAV Rostock |
Coached by | Peter Schorling |
Medal record |
Jana Schmidt (born 13 December 1972) is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T42 track and field events.[1]
Athletics career
[edit]Schmidt first represented Germany at a Summer Paralympics in 2008 at Beijing, where she competed in the javelin throw and shot put. It would take her another four years to achieve a Paralympic podium finish, when she won a bronze medal in 100 metres sprint at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. As well as her Paralympic success, Schmidt has won medals at World and European Championships. At the World Championships she has performed the uncommon feat of medaling in a running, jumping and throwing event, with her best finish being the gold medal in the shot put at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Schmidt, Jana". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Schmidt, Jana". IPC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Jana Schmidt at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jana Schmidt at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Jana Schmidt at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)
- Team Germany Paralympic Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 September 2016)
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- German female sprinters
- German female long jumpers
- German female shot putters
- German female javelin throwers
- Paralympic athletes for Germany
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- People from Teterow
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg
- Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- 20th-century German women
- German sprinter stubs
- German long jumper stubs
- German athletics biography stubs
- German Paralympic medalist stubs