DIETZ Sebastian

Germany
Athletics
25 Feb 1985
36
Male
F36
WORMS
 
Germany
HULLHORST
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Shot Put - F36 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Standing Shot Put
Men's Shot Put - F36 Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1Shot Put - F362016Rio de Janeiro, BRA14.84
1Men's Discus Throw F35/362012London, GBR38.54
World Championships
1Shot Put - F362017London, GBR15.28
1Shot Put - F362015Doha, QAT14.87
1Men's Discus Throw F35/362013Lyon, FRA42.18
2Shot Put - F362013Lyon, FRA13.17
4Shot Put - F362019Dubai, UAE14.52
4Men's Shot Put F35/362011Christchurch, NZL12.91
4Shot Put - F352006Assen, NED12.21
5Men's Discus Throw F35/362011Christchurch, NZL37.38
6Men's Discus Throw F352006Assen, NED37.28
European Championships
1Shot Put - F362018Berlin, GER15.28
3Shot Put - F362021Bydgoszcz, POL14.50
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Basti. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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Football. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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Athlete
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University of Bielefeld, Germany
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Wife Sophie
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German, English
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BSG Bad Oeynhausen [Germany]
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Alexander Holstein [national, club], GER
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He is a former amateur football player for VFL Neustadt in Germany. In 2012 he coached the women's football team SC Enger. (Facebook profile, 14 May 2017; dietzsebastian.de, 18 Jan 2013; reviersport.de, 16 Nov 2010; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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He took up athletics around 2005 at the TV Wattenscheid 01 club in Bochum, Germany. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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After recovering from his car accident, he was encouraged to reconnect with sport by his mother. (erfolg-magazin.de 12 Apr 2019; Athlete, 17 Jul 2017; reviersport.de, 16 Nov 2010; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dietzsebastian.de, 23 Nov 2018)
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Winning gold medals at the Paralympic Games in 2012 [discus] and 2016 [shot put]. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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German Para sprinter Wojtek Czyz. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)
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His wife Sophie. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)
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"Never give up and always stay strong." (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)
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He was named the 2017 Sportsman of the Year in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. (westfalen-blatt.de, 16 Mar 2018)

In 2017 he was presented the Goldener Apfel [Golden Apple] by the Wirtschaftsclub [Business club] in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. (westfalen-blatt.de, 29 Nov 2017)

In 2015 and 2017 he was named Sportsman of the Year by the BSG Bad Oeynhausen club in Germany. (nw.de, 18 Apr 2018; bsg-badoeynhausen.de, 12 Mar 2016)

He was presented the Honorary Award at the 2016 Sports Gala in Herford, Germany. (nw.de, 23 Jan 2016)

In 2016 he received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt [Silver Laurel Leaf] in Berlin, Germany, for his achievements at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (nw.de, 03 Nov 2016)

He received the 2012 Sportsman of the Year Award in Herford, Germany. (dietzsebastian.de, 18 Jan 2013)

He was named Athlete of the Year on four occasions between 2005 and 2010 in Bochum, Germany. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2011)

General Interest

Classification
F36 (IPC, 17 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (reviersport.de, 16 Nov 2010)

Impairment Details
He has incomplete quadriplegia as the result of a car accident in 2004, in which a family friend died. He was told that he would never walk again by doctors, but proved them wrong through his rehabilitation programme. (deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de, 2015; reviersport.de, 16 Nov 2010)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In November 2018 he began serving as coordinator of sports development and rehabilitation for athletes with an impairment at the Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia [BRSNW] in Germany. He has also served as a board member at the BSG Bad Oeynhausen club in Germany. (brsnw.de, 16 Jul 2020; westfalen-blatt.de, 24 Apr 2019)

BREAK AND RETURN
In 2007 he took a break from athletics because he felt that there was a lack of team spirit in the disciplines he was competing in. He was also disappointed by his performance at the 2006 World Championships in Assen, Netherlands, and that he had lost his place on the German team. He devoted his time away from athletics to football, and began training youth players in the German C and D divisions. He returned to athletics in 2009 to compete at the German national championships. (dietzsebastian.de, 18 Jan 2013; reviersport.de, 16 Nov 2010)

GOLD MEDAL PROPOSAL
He proposed to his partner Sophie at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, shortly after winning gold in the F36 shot put. (spiegel.de, 17 Sep 2016)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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