Matthias Schröder

Matthias Schröder, also spelled Schroeder, is a visually impaired Paralympic athlete from Germany competing in T12 (track) and F12 (field) events.[1]

Matthias Schröder
Medal record
Track and field (T12)
Representing  Germany
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Men's 400 metres – T12
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Men's 200 metres – T12
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Men's 200 metres – T12
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Villeneuve-d'Ascq Men's 100 m T13
Silver medal – second place 2002 Villeneuve-d'Ascq Men's 200 m T13
Silver medal – second place 2006 Assen Men's 100 m T13
Silver medal – second place 2006 Assen Men's 200 m T13
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen Men's 4 × 100 m T11–13
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen Men's long jump F13

At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the men's 200 metres T12 event, a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres – T12, and also competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre relay T11–T13 and men's long jump F12 events.

He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event, finished seventh in the men's 100 metres T12 event, finished sixth in the men's 200 metres T12 event and went out in the first round of the men's 4 × 100 metre relay T11–13 event.

In 2009, Schröder set a new F12 Long Jump world record.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he competed in the men's 200 metres T12 and men's 400 metres T12 events but did not win a medal. In 2012, the men's long jump event was not offered for athletes in his classification.

References

  1. "Gold für Matthias Schröder nach Protesterfolg". leichtathletik.de (in German). 12 July 2023.
  2. "IPC Athletics World Records". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.


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