Manuela Schär

Manuela Schär (born 5 December 1984) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. She has used a wheelchair since the age of 8, when a playground accident paralysed her from the waist down.[1]

Manuela Schär
Schär competing in the 2017 London Marathon
Personal information
Birth nameManuela Schär
Born (1984-12-05) 5 December 1984
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
DisabilitySpinal cord injury
Disability classT54
Coached byClaudio Perret
Medal record
Women's paralympic athletics
Representing   Switzerland
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 800m T54
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 200 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 5000 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 1500 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Marathon T54
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 100 m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 200 m T54
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon Marathon T54
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 800 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 400 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon 400 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon 800 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon 5000 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 5000 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 1500m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Christchurch 200 m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Christchurch 400 m T54
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 400 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 800 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 1500 m T54
Schär near half way mark of 2019 Boston Marathon, which she won

Career

Schär competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres – T54 event, bronze in the women's 100 metres – T54 event and finished sixth in the women's 400 metres – T54 event. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, she won bronze in the women's 200 metres – T54 event, finishing fourth in the 100 metres and sixth again in the women's 400 metres. She competed again in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where her best results were two fifth places.

In 2017, she won the Women's Wheelchair category of the 121st Boston Marathon and the 37th London Marathon. In 2018, she won the Women's Wheelchair category of the 2018 Chicago Marathon and the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon. In 2019, she won the 123rd Boston Marathon and the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon.[2]

In 2021, she won the women's wheelchair race at the 2021 Berlin Marathon, the 2021 London Marathon and the 2021 Boston Marathon.

In 2022, she won the women's wheelchair race at the 2022 Boston Marathon.

References
  1. "Manuela Schär".
  2. "2019 New York City Marathon Results". NBC Sports. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2020.


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