SCHEIL Daniel

Date of Birth: 13 Jan 1973

Age: 48

Gender: Male

Sport Class: F33

Place of birth: FREIBURG

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : WEIDEN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Shot Put - F33	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Shot Put	Men's Shot Put - F33 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Shot Put - F33	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	11.03
World Championships
2	Shot Put - F33	2017	London, GBR	10.36
3	Shot Put - F33	2015	Doha, QAT	10.93
9	Men's Discus Throw F34	2017	London, GBR	24.84
9	Men's Discus Throw F34	2015	Doha, QAT	22.80

Scheili (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Languages spoken:

English, German

HSC Erfurt [Germany]

Marion Peters [national]

Other sports:

He played football at national youth level in Chemnitz, Germany. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

2014 for Germany (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

He took up the sport in 2010. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

Growing up he was a keen footballer but multiple injuries prevented him from pursuing a professional career. After recovering from his stroke, he wanted to become more active and was introduced to Para sports by Para alpine skier Gerd Schonfelder and Para athlete Birgit Kober. (freiepresse.de, 04 Feb 2017; freiepresse.de, 05 Aug 2014)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (thueringer-allgemeine.de, 07 Apr 2021)

Winning a gold medal in the F33 shot put at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Apr 2021; Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

His parents. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

Philosophy:

"Never give up living your dreams." (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

In 2016 he received the Silver Laurel Leaf, the highest sports award in Germany. (bundespraesident.de, 01 Nov 2016; zimbio.com, 31 Oct 2016)

He was included in the Golden Book of Weiden, Germany for his achievements at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (onetz.de, 27 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
F33 (IPC, 20 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

Impairment Details
He had a stroke in 2008 which resulted in quadriplegia. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017; sueddeutsche.de, 16 Jul 2017)

General
MENTAL HEALTH
He believes taking up Para athletics aided his recovery from depression following the stroke he suffered that resulted in quadriplegia in 2008. "I got depressed and felt the sky was falling on my head. Some believed that I would not amount to anything again, but sport gave me a second chance." (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017; sueddeutsche.de, 16 Jul 2017)

Milestones

At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro his gold medal in F33 shot put at age 43 years and 241 days made him the oldest male German Para athletics competitor to win gold at the 2016 Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 22 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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