KIEREY Tom

Date of Birth: 4 Sep 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: KL3

Place of birth: DRESDEN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : BERLIN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL3	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL3 Heat 1 #7	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL3 Semi-final 2 #26	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL3 Final A #33	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	Kayak Single 200m - KL3	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	39.909
World Championships
1	Kayak Single 200m - KL3	2016	Duisburg, GER	40.430
1	Kayak Single 200m - KL3	2015	Milan, ITA	39.270
1	Men's K1 200m LTA	2013	Duisburg, GER	38.891
4	Men's K1 200m LTA	2014	Moscow, RUS	40.024
8	Kayak Single 200m - KL3	2019	Szeged, HUN	42.63
8	Kayak Single 200m - KL3	2017	Racice, CZE	41.326
European Championships
7	Kayak Single 200m - KL3	2021	Duisburg, GER	44.050
7	Kayak Single 200m - KL3	2017	Plovdiv, BUL	40.604

Occupation:

Flatow-Oberschule School and Sports Centre, Berlin, GER

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

Berliner Kanu Club Borussia [Germany]

Andre Brendel [national]

Other sports:

He competed in Para bobsleigh at the 2017 World Cup event in Oberhof, Germany. (ibsf.sportresult.com, 25 Jan 2017)

He took up Para canoe in 1999. (kanu.de, 23 Aug 2017)

"Whether you are a sprinter or do longer events, you have many options no matter what kind of impairment you have. Para canoe is always a solution. On the water you can also forget what is missing on land." (kanu.de, 26 Mar 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de, 2017)

His family. (kanu.de, 26 Mar 2016)

He was named the 2016 Young Athlete of the Year by the German Para Sports Association [DBS]. (football-aktuell.de, 25 Mar 2021; kanu.de, 28 Nov 2016)

General Interest

Classification
KL3 (ICF, 01 Jun 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de, 01 Jan 2017)

Impairment Details
He has congenital talipes equinovarus, more commonly known as club foot. The condition affects his right foot (deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de, 01 Jan 2017)

General
OCCUPATION
He has worked as a boat builder in Berlin, Germany. (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 19 Jul 2021; Instagram profile, 08 May 2021; tagesspiegel.de, 02 Mar 2020)

BREAK
In 2019 he returned to training after a one-year break to focus on his boat building career. "The most important thing for me is to achieve a time that proves my international competitiveness after a year break. If I get a quota place for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, I would of course be very happy." (kanu.de, 24 Aug 2019; teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 20 Aug 2019; kanu.de, 16 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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