BOETTGER Marcel

Date of Birth: 6 May 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T12

Place of birth: KASSEL

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : WITTEN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T12
	Men's Long Jump - T12	10
	4x100m Universal Relay GER Germany

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T12 Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Men's Long Jump - T12 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 100m Universal Relay Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
7	100m - T12	2019	Dubai, UAE	11.10
8	Long Jump - T12	2019	Dubai, UAE	6.40
European Championships
4	100m - T12	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	11.10
9	Long Jump - T12	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	6.01

Supporting German football team Borussia Dortmund. (Instagram profile, 03 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Physiotherapist

Languages spoken:

BSG Bad Oeynhausen [GER] / DJK Blau-Weiss Annen [GER]

He took up Para athletics in his mid-twenties. (waz.de, 06 Jun 2019)

He was encouraged to try athletics by his school teachers but was not keen on the sport at first, preferring football and handball. It was only after a coach from the TV Wattenscheid 01 club kept asking him to try athletics that he agreed to go to a training session. "At school they said I should definitely do athletics. I played football in my spare time and tried handball. But I was just not interested in athletics." (waz.de, 18 Jul 2019; wr.de, 06 Jun 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ikz-online.de, 18 Jul 2019)

He trains five times a week at Wullen Stadium in Witten or Helmut-Kornig-Halle athletics hall in Dortmund. He trains together with his guide Alexander Kosenkow once a week. (Westfalen Sport, 01 Feb 2020)

General Interest

Classification
T12, F12 (IPC, 17 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (paz-online.de, 26 Aug 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (wr.de, 06 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
He has a vision impairment. He can't see anything in his right eye and has 3% vision in his left. He lost his vision following the removal of a tumour as a baby. (paz-online.de, 26 Aug 2019; wr.de, 06 Jun 2019)

Guide
Alexander Kosenkow (leichtathletik.de, 10 Jul 2020)

General
OCCUPATION
He works as a physiotherapist at the Branscheidt Therapy Centre in Annen, Germany. "I wanted to become a physiotherapist. So I thought, just be brazen and ask the Employment Agency if [they would] fund the training." (Westfalen Sport, 01 Feb 2020; wr.de, 06 Jun 2019)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/marcel.bttgr/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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