Verena Schott

Verena Schott

Schott at a medal ceremony at the 2012 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	March 6, 1989 Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Sport
Disability class	S7, SB5, SM6
Medal record Representing  Germany Paralympic Games 2012 London SM6 200 m ind. medley IPC Swimming World Championships 2015 Glasgow SB5 100 m breaststroke 2010 Eindhoven SB5 100 m breaststroke 2010 Eindhoven SM6 200 m ind. medley 2013 Montreal SM6 200 m ind. medley 2013 Montreal SB5 100 m breaststroke 2015 Glasgow 200 m medley SM6 IPC European Championships 2016 Funchal 100 m backstroke S7 2009 Reykjavik 400 m freestyle – S7 2009 Reykjavik 50 metre butterfly S7 2009 Reykjavik 100 metre backstroke S7 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle – S7 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S7 2016 Funchal 400 m freestyle S7 2009 Reykjavik 200 m individual medley SM6 2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S7 2016 Funchal 200 m individual medley SM6 2016 Funchal 200m medley SM6
Updated on 5 May 2016.

Verena Schott (born 6 March 1989) is a German paraswimmer and Paralympic medal winner.

Biography

Schott was born in 1989 in Greifswald. At the age of three, she and her family moved to Bennewitz; when she was eight, she took up swimming and joined a swimming club in nearby Wurzen. In 2002 she was severely injured riding her bicycle when a van hit her while overtaking. This left her with incomplete paraplegia and she now uses a wheelchair.^[1] She competes in the S7, SM6 and SB5 classifications.^[2]

In 2010 Schott left the club in Leipzig where she had been training when she moved to Berlin to study biology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. There she began training with Matthias Ulm at Berlin's Paralympic Sport Club (PSC Berlin).^[1][3] She had a son, Lean, in June 2011.^[3]

Schott competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships where she won silver medals in the SB5 100 m breaststroke and SM6 200 m individual medley.^[2][3] At the London 2012 Paralympics she reached the finals in four disciplines and won the silver medal in the SM6 200 m medley, coming second to Ellie Simmonds,^[4] who posted a world record time.^[5] At the 2013 World Championships she again came second in the 200 m medley, as well as winning bronze in the 100 m breaststroke.^[2]

References

1. Pöls, Matthias (29 August 2012). "Von Bennewitz ins Olympia-Becken". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2014. (search for "Schott")
3. "Unsere Athleten für London 2012" (PDF). Sport in Berlin (in German). Landessportbund Berlin. September 2012. p. 11. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
4. "Zwei WM Medaillen für Verena Schott" (in German). Humboldt University of Berlin. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
5. Hope, Nick (3 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Ellie Simmonds wins second gold of Games". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.